Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $28,983,754 modification (P01127) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, parts, and services. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2025. Fiscal 2023 Foreign Military Sales (Israel) and other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $28,983,754 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Di 15. Nov 2022, 19:53Elbit Challenges Rafael For Greater Share of Israeli RCWS Market (3. November 2016)
Elbit Systems is challenging state-owned Rafael Ltd. for a greater share of the Israeli market for remote controlled weapons stations (RCWS) with its Dragon, hundreds of which will be delivered to the Israel military by mid-2018.
Once the sole domain of Rafael, whose Katlanit (Lethal) system has been deployed for a decade on stationary posts along the Gaza border and on Namer heavy troop carriers, Elbit's Dragon RCWS is now operational with multiple active duty infantry and engineering units.
It was selected nearly five years ago in what started as a three-way competition with Rafael and Israel Military Industries, but eventually became a sole-source contract to Elbit due to inability of competitors to meet Israel's price requirements, defense and industry sources here said.
"In the end, due to the not-to-exceed target price, Rafael was very frustrated by the bid and didn't submit an offer," a defense source told Defense News.
A Rafael executive confirmed the firm's decision not to bid on the contract back in 2011, due to the "ridiculous" not-to-exceed price demanded by the customer.
Today, Rafael's improved Katlanit – deployed in over 25 countries under the international marketing name Samson -- remains the official RCWS supplier for Namer, says Lt. Col. Udi Weisbuch of the Technology Branch of the Israeli military's Ground Forces Command.
But in parallel, he said, Elbit has become the supplier of choice for Puma and Achzarit heavy Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) operated by infantry and combat engineering forces.
Both systems are being procured to fire 12.7-mm and 7.62-mm rounds, although Israel is planning to add capabilities for 40-mm grenades in latest versions of Rafael's Namer-based Katlanit RCWS.
