by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2006 | Coastal & Littoral, Design Innovations, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, News, Other Corporation, Testing & Evaluation, Underwater Weapons
VA-111 Shkval(click to view full) Lots of news today covering the Iranians’ reputed test of a “sonar-evading underwater missile… General Fadavi said only one other country, Russia, had a missile that moved underwater as fast as the Iranian one, which...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2006 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Budgets, DARPA, Expeditionary Warfare, Field Reports, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Goo goo g’gone?(click to view full) DID has covered the WALRUS airship project before, and explained why DARPA believed the time might be right to build an airship that could lift 1-2 million pounds half-way around the world in a week. We’ve continued to...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2006 | C4ISR, Electronics - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Satellites & Sensors, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Laser SATCOM concept As DID noted in its focus article covering the $14-18 billion TSAT program and the future of the US SATCOM network, the U.S. has a big choice to make in 2007. It will either decide to build the TSAT system on its current schedule for launch in...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
MTVR Tractor w. flatbed(click to view full) Oshkosh Truck Corp. in Oshkosh, WI received a $169.2 million fixed-price-delivery order under a previously awarded basic requirements contract (M67854-04-D-5016) for 536 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) cargo...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Northrop-Grumman, Satellites & Sensors, USA
NPOESS Satellite(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. in Redondo Beach, CA received a $16.7 million cost-plus award fee contract modification to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program....
