by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | IT - General, Mergers & Acquisitions, T&C - CSC, USA
Computer Sciences Corp. is America’s third-largest IT outsourcing company, with billions of dollars in defense-related contracts. InformationWeek reports that sources close to New York City-based Blackstone Group list the firm among possible buyers, while the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, R&D - Contracted, USA
DID has covered the Aerospace Industries Association’s recent report showing the US aerospace industry’s global trade surplus, and testimony re: defense procurement improvvements. AIA also notes that the average American aerospace employee is in his or her...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | Budgets, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports
House and Senate conferees working to resolve differences in the FY 2006 appropriations bill have eliminated research funding for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) weapon during the reconciliation process. The funding had been present in the Senate bill, but...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Satellites & Sensors, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Boeing’s new CTOhad no comment… In a news release regarding its Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) next generation narrowband tactical communications satellite, Lockheed Martin had some interesting things to say: “Boeing’s heritage building...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
AMCM Components(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Oswego in Oswego, NY received a $76.6 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract in support of Phase II of the MH-60S’ Airborne Mine Countermeasures System’s (AMCM) Development and...
