by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Iraq, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
O’Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Co. in Fairfield, OH received a $31.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles for the Iraqi Armed Forces. Work will be performed in Fairfield, OH and is...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2006 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Events, Lockheed Martin, USA
Akron Airdock, 1931(click to view full) DID recently covered Lockheed’s High Altitude Airship military blimp and the related ISIS project. HAA/ISIS could put incredibly powerful battlefield ground surveillance and aerial surveillance radars on unmanned...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, Small Business, USA
As part of a $500 million effort to support the Pentagon’s $120 billion supply chain using RFID, small business qualifier ODIN Technologies in Dulles, VA won a maximum $7 million combination firm-fixed-price, cost, and time-and-materials contract for passive...
by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2006 | Events, Fuel & Power, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Think Tanks, USA
ex-CIA director Woolsey DID has covered the Pentagon’s increasing focus on energy consumption and conservation as a growing logistics and sustainability issue. Part of that coverage has mentioned “Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction”...
by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2006 | Boeing, Corporate Innovations, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Support & Maintenance, USA
KC-135 with refuellingboom extended(via richard-seaman.com) Boeing Frontiers has an article explaining how Boeing and its supplier-partner Pemco Aeroplex Inc. are transforming the programmed depot-level maintenance (PDM, a major-overhaul) processes for the U.S. Air...
