by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Lobbying, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Science - Basic Research, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
Seeing the difference(click to view full) New firm PixelOptics of Roanoke, VA has announced that it will receive $3.5 million from the Defense Department to develop “SuperVision,” a technology that may improve the vision of US soldiers beyond 20/20 via...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Electronics - General, Pre-RFP, Signals Radio & Wireless, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear
DID has quite a few readers in Australia’s defence department and related organizations. They’re looking for information, and DID’s readers may be able to help them out and share (cleared) knowledge with an ally – possibly helping their own...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2006 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying, People, Policy - Procurement, USA
DID has covered remarks from National Defense Industrial Association President Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. re: acquisition issues and procurement reform, and the need to improve defense manufacturing. Now, he discusses the current US debt and deficit, the October 2005...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2006 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Other Equipment - Land, Rockets
MLRS field battery(click to view full) The Dutch Ministry of Defence notes that Finland has officially signed a contract for two complete field batteries of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) from the Netherlands, in a sale valued at EUR 30M. They note that...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Project Methodologies, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., USA
AEHF Milstar III(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Corp. Space Systems Co. in Sunnyvale, CA received a $491.2 million cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract modification. This is a modification of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency...
