by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Design Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, RFPs, USA
MD-900 Explorer(click to view full) DID’s coverage of the USA’s recent $2.2 billion contract for 368 Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) noted that MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) had submitted a losing bid in conjunction with Boeing, but intended to bid on...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2005 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Field Reports, Missiles - Surface-Air, Public Partnering, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M6 Linebacker, Iraq The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command in Warren, MI has issued a pair of contracts for the RESET (restoration of used vehicles to like-new condition) of Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles. One contract will reset 101 Bradleys of the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2005 | Asia - Central, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Issues - International, IT - General, Logistics, Nuclear Weapons, Raytheon, Russia, Support Functions - Other, USA, WMD Proliferation
Rusting out all over Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) received a task order with a potential value of $82.1 million from the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a.k.a. Nunn-Lugar. The task order is for assistance under the Cooperative Threat...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA, WMD Detection
General Electric Co. in Niskayuna, NY wo an $11.1 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement no-fee contract for R&D into active screening and imaging of shielded special nuclear materials, plus ultra-large field of view x-ray imagers...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
Death from above(click to view larger) The Viper Strike bagan life as the BAT – a canceled munition option for ground-fired ATACMS missiles. After the success of USAF Predator UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles became a new feature of the Global War on Terror,...