Americas * Following the withdrawal of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS John S. McCain and Fitzgerald from service, the US Navy has issued the unscheduled deployment of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas. This will allow the USS...
Americas * Airbus Helicopters has received a $35.2 million contract modification for the supply of parts and logistical support for the US Army's UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter. The deal includes orders for spare parts and logistical support to account for...
Americas * The USAF's new long-range strike bomber has officially been named the B-21 Raider. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James made the announcement on Monday in what is a tribute to the legacy of WW2's Doolittle Raiders rather than a reference to the Indiana...
Americas * Sikorsky's S-97 Raider helicopter prototype has made its maiden flight, with this likely to be a welcome distraction from the firm's current ailing business situation. The coaxial helicopter's core X2 technologies will be at the heart of the Sikorsky-Boeing...
* The Government Accountability Office (GAO) thinks the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) should reassess its inventory reduction goals and schedule, lest they risk disposing of items only to have to buy them again. * Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional...
TCOM 17M RAID Aerostat(click to view full) The RAID program is a combination of cameras and surveillance equipment positioned on high towers and aerostats, in order to monitor a wide area around important locations and bases. The RAID concept began with a smaller TCOM...
"Target acquired." DID has covered the potential capabilities and value of LIDAR/LADAR in June 2005, including its ability to see through cover and create 3-D pictures; UAV LIDAR research has also extended to maritime UAVs. Especially astute readers might also recall...
TCOM 17M RAID Aerostat(click to view full) Raytheon Co. in Andover, MA received a $5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Contractor Logistics Support related to the Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Product Office. DID has covered past RAID contracts before, and...
TCOM LP of Columbia, MD received a contract to provide the U.S. Army with sixteen 17M(TM) Tactical Aerostat Systems to support U.S. troops during ongoing hostilities in Iraq. The contract award is valued at approximately $12 million and is part of a prime RAID 3 (Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment) contract awarded to Raytheon by the Army. DID has covered a number of RAID and JLENS related contracts. Work will be performed at TCOM’s headquarters in Columbia, MD with production activities conducted at TCOM’s Manufacturing and Flight Test Facility in Elizabeth City, NC….
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...