by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2006 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
GE-RR F136 Prototype(click to view full) The proposed cancellation of the GE/Rolls Royce F136 engine program threatened to undermine British support for the JSF program, pull GE out of the military jet engines business, and hand Pratt & Whitney a near-monopoly on...
by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA
Class 1 MAV Backpack(click to view full) In “One Small Step for a UAV, One Big Step for FCS Class I,” DID offered in-depth covered Honeywell’s Class I UAV Micro Air Vehicle (MAV), which had an inside track to become the US Army’s Future Combat...
by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2006 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Robots, Support & Maintenance, USA
TALON II in Iraq(click to view full) The MTRS program has made hundreds of robots available in Iraq and Afghanistan for use investigating and eliminating IED land mines. QinetiQ subsidiary Foster-Miller Inc. in Waltham, MA received a $63.9 million firm-fixed-price,...
by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2006 | BAE, Design Innovations, Field Reports, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Prison use version This is a bit smaller than the contracts we usually cover, but (a) it’s interesting; and (b) it covers an item that is being procured and deployed in theater. Veteran-owned Defenshield Inc. of Syracuse, NY has been awarded a $2 million...
by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2006 | ABM, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Fylingdales SSPARS BAE Systems, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5.1 million firm-fixed-price incentive with award-fee and award-term, cost-reimbursement contract. DefenseLINK notes merely that “this action provides for operations and maintenance of...
