by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2006 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Medical, Policy - Personnel, USA
Back in January 2006, DID covered a GAO report that pegged the average for active duty enlisted personnel and officer compensation at $112,000 a year, 51% of which takes the form of health care and other benefits. Not only were those benefits not driving motivating...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
Anchor Tension Tent Anchor Industries in Evansville, IN received a maximum $120 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract for shelters for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Anchor specializes in tents, including some that...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Project Failures, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Iridium satellite(click to view full) Back in DID’s article about the Transformation Satellite Network (T-SAT), we noted Iridium’s corporate fiasco as something of a cautionary example associated with ultra-complex, expensive communications architectures...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2006 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
UH-60 CMWS in Iraq(click to view full) The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $52 million contract to provide more than 200 AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to protect Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against infrared guided missile threats, under...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2006 | Americas - Other, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, ECM, Field Reports, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Protective Systems - Aircraft, United Technologies, USA
ALQ-144 on Apache(click to view full) BAE Systems received a $10.4 million contract from General Dynamics Canada to provide 31 AN/ALQ-144A(V)5 countermeasure systems, spares, and integrated logistics support for Canada’s 28 new CH-148 Cyclone maritime...
