Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Ft. Worth, TX received a $6.53 billion modification to re-baseline the cost-plus-award-fee F-35 Joint Strike Fighter System Development and Demonstration contract (N00019-02-C-3002). That contract was originally awarded on Oct. 26,...
Already ahead of most of its global competitors, the US Department of Defense is working on further improvements to its supply chain. Initiatives discussed by a recent Information Week article include an enterprisewide system in place to watch existing contracts so it...
Bell 412EP(click to view full) DID has covered the U.S. Army’s $2 billion Light Utility Helicopter competition before, which aims to replace many of the US Army’s older UH-1 Hueys and OH-58 Kiowas. from the original 2 competitors (Bell’s UH-1...
Test successful(click to view full) On Sept. 8, 2005, DID covered the evolution of DARPA’s FALCON program for low-cost, fast satellite launches. The goal is a booster that can launch a small satellite for less than $5 million with only 24 hours notice. On Sept....
The US Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Crane, IN issued a pair of firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity/ indefinite-delivery contracts to repair Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs). TWTs are used in a variety of host aircraft and ships, where they amplify the power of...