by Fred Donovan | Jul 23, 2009 | Asia - Central, Asstd. Support Equipment, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Environmental, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation
Recycling at DRMO(click to view larger) Taos Industries in Huntsville, AL, received 2 task orders worth $8.5 million for the operation of 6 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices (DRMOs) in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. The DRMOs demilitarize and dispose of...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2009 | Biological Weapons, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Medical, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA, WMD Defenses
PolyMedix of Radnor, PA has now received 3 biodefense-related contracts from the US government, including a a $1.6 million, 1-year contract from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop new “defensin-mimetic antibiotic compounds.” The...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2009 | Europe - Other, France, Guest Articles, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, USA
(click for firm site) Guest Article by David Fitzpatrick, Managing Director, AlixPartners Over the last 5 years, AlixPartners’ aerospace practice has conducted an annual Global Aerospace & Defense Review of the industry. The survey evaluates financial...
by Fred Donovan | Jul 22, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Reading program to develop a revolutionary, automated reading system that bridges the gap between naturally occurring text and the artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning systems that need...
by Fred Donovan | Jul 22, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Explosives, Mines & Countermine-IED, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, T&C - Booz Allen, Underwater Weapons, USA
Minding the Mine Booz Allen Hamilton in Herndon, VA received a $19.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Division with survivability/vulnerability analyses, assessment and evaluations. The contract (SP0700-03-D-1380) is...
