by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Canada, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, GE, India, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Raytheon, Rumours, Specialty Aircraft, USA
P-8A MMA Concept(click to view full) Australia, Canada, and Italy were named by the U.S. government at the end of 2004 as being the most likely partners in the development of the P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft (MMA), based on a Boeing 737 airframe. The...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, Industry & Trends, Logistics, Materials Innovations, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Transformation, USA
Inflatable structural supports, also called airbeams, have swelled into a variety of products, and a team of engineers at the Center of Excellence for Inflatable Composite Structures headquartered at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center’s Collective (SSC-Natick)...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Forces - Naval, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Future Undersea Warfare?(click to enlarge) Pennsylvania State University at University Park, PA won a $27.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for the Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance Network (PLUSNET) against Basic Ordering Agreement N00014-05-G-0106....
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Avionics, Contracts - Modifications, Northrop-Grumman, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-2C Hawkeye Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Bethpage, NY received a $10.2 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0044) to upgrade 10 E-2C Group II Hawkeye carrier-based airborne early warning & control aircraft to...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA, WMD Defenses
Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA received a sole-source $9.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for decontaminating powder for the M291 and M295 decontamination mask kits. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, PA and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31,...
