by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2008 | Asstd. Support Equipment, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
Another day at work(click to view full) Benham Constructors, LLC in Oklahoma, OK received a $55.1 million firm-fixed price contract to construct an advanced metal finishing facility building with various plating equipment at Robins Air Force Base, GA, while relocating...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2008 | C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-2C Hawkeye(click to view full) On Oct 19/07, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Egypt’s formal request for 2 used E-2C Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Command & Control aircraft, 2 excess spare T56-A-425 engines, modifications,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 26, 2008 | Americas - Other, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, University-related, USA
(click to view full) Adding weapons to naval aircraft isn’t the simple retrieve and attach process many people think it is. For logical safety reasons, many weapons stored on board a ship require several steps to bring them from storage containers to...
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...
