by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Domestic Security, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Official Reports, USA
The USA’s military has been shrinking for decades, but the politics involved in closing military bases in Congressional districts made it difficult to keep fixed costs in line. The level of waste involved finally resulted in the BRAC approach. Under the Base...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA
GoldenEye The U.S. Defense Department’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Planning Task Force’s “Unmanned Systems Roadmap 2005-2030” offers a 213-page window into a major aspect of the U.S. military’s evolution, and has received a great...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic, Small Business, USA
“Sparker” Buoy Small business qualifier Phoenix Science & Technology Inc. in Chelmsford, MA received a not to exceed $15 million Phase III, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program contract for Topic N95-005 entitled “Surface Discharge...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Israel, Middle East - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA, Warfare - Lessons
M113A3 APC BAE Systems, Santa Clara, CA received a $16 million firm-fixed-price contract for M113A3 and M1064A3 (an M113 variant that carries and fires a Soltam 120mm mortar) Survivability Enhancement Armor. Scrutinizing the actual contract [PDF format], DID finds...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, Field Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Power Projection, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Transformation, United Technologies, USA
CH-53E with slung load(click to view full) Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $43.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previous basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) to perform requirements definition and engineering studies in...
