by Joe Katzman | May 5, 2005 | Budgets, Domestic Security, Issues - International, Lobbying, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, USA
House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on an $82 billion fiscal 2005 emergency spending package for Iraq, Afghanistan and tsunami relief. Final passage is all but assured, with floor action expected Thursday in the House and in the Senate next week. Completion of...
by Joe Katzman | May 5, 2005 | Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Satellites & Sensors, USA
DID has covered some of the problems associated with the U.S. military’s new Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) missile early warning system. Now, some good news. Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a crucial “jitter” test of the...
by Joe Katzman | May 5, 2005 | Naval Equipment, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, USA
Thomas Associates Inc. in Stevensville, MD won an estimated $29.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract that supports a variety of shipboard damage control initiatives aboard U.S Navy ships. Programs such as the Damage Control...
by Joe Katzman | May 5, 2005 | Ammunition, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Co. L.L.C. in Independence, MO received a delivery order amount of $19.4 million as part of a sole-source $395.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for Economic Price Adjustments for Copper on the Caliber .22, .30, .45, .50,...
by Joe Katzman | May 5, 2005 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Expeditionary Warfare, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Power Projection, USA
AAFARS in Action The U.S. Army has placed an $8 million order with BAE Systems for 32 Advanced Aviation Forward Area Refuelling Systems (AAFARS) helicopter refuelling systems. The latest booking is the ninth order in a multi-year production run worth more than $100...
