by Joe Katzman | Jun 25, 2008 | Airbus, Boeing, Europe - Other, Events, France, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
Darkest before dawn?(click to view full) The USA’s aerial tanker fleet is the backbone of American global air power, but its youngest KC-135 planes were built over 40 years ago. Replacing them is the USAF’s #1 priority, and the initial KC-X phase of 175...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 25, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Materials Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research, T&C - IBM, USA
Graphene vs. nanotubes(click to view full) International Business Machines Corp., of Yorktown Heights, NY received a cost type contract for $2.4 million, under the “Wafer-Scale Graphene RF Nanoelectronics effort.” This effort is connected to DARPA’s...