Most European defense budgets are currently stable or declining, despite an atmosphere of stepped up operations abroad. Unsurprisingly, many European defense firms are embarking on a globalization strategy in an effort to broaden their markets. EADS' light helicopter...
The US Air Force Association recently released a video entitled "Threats to Air Supremacy," which offers a very basic look at emerging land and air-based threats to America's "teen series" fighters in particular. Given the importance of air supremacy to American...
DynCorp International LLC in Falls Church, VA received a $13.1 million firm-fixed price contract to design and build a border police headquarters in Bermel, Afghanistan. Work is expected to be complete by May 14/09. Five bids were solicited on April 18/08, and 1 bid...
The AETC CONS/LGCK at Randolph Air Force Base, TX has awarded a set of indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts for the $4 billion Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (SR&M) Task Order Contract (SATOC) program. SATOC will provide maintenance,...
ASR-11 facility(click to view full) May 22/08: Raytheon received an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for $29.4 million as part of the Digital Airport Surveillance System, a joint Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration activity to...
Honor & Reflect(click to view full) Monday, May 26th is Memorial Day in the USA. DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service; we will not be publishing. Readers are urged to peruse the US Department of Defense's Memorial Day...
Air strike... priceless(click for relevance) Back in August 2005, we noted that "ENCORE I.T. Contracts Raise Ceiling to $2.5B Until ENCORE II Arrives." Services under ENCORE II will include high level enterprise IT policy, integration management, communications...
Think of RFID as wireless bar codes that don't need to be swiped individually. The US military has invested heavily in RFID for its supply chain; recent years have begun to feature positive results, as well as the creation of an RFID solutions center near...
Mike Hooks, Inc. in Westlake, LA won a $9.4 million firm-fixed price contract for maintenance dredging of Louisiana's Calcasieu River and pass between mile 17.0 to mile 23. The contract includes optional dredging of the main channel between miles 23 and 26.5 and...