by Fred Donovan | Aug 18, 2009 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer(click to view larger) The Boeing Company received a $14.6 million US Navy contract (N00178-09-C-2003) to produce the information transfer system that controls mission-critical capabilities on guided missile destroyers. Boeing will supply...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 18, 2009 | Americas - Other, Blimps & LTA Craft, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Private, Small Business, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Skyhook concept(click to view full) In April 2006, “WALRUS Hunted to Extinction By Congress, DARPA?” dealt with the cancellation of DARPA’s WALRUS ultra-heavy lift program. WALRUS aimed to develop an airship that could lift between 250-500 tons,...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 18, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Food-related, Other Corporation, USA
Sysco Food Services of Seattle in Kent, WA won a maximum $7.3 million firm-fixed price, indefinite quantity full-line food distribution contract modification to provide food services to US Army, US Air Force, and US Job Corps facilities in Alaska. The original...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 18, 2009 | Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Legal, Testing & Evaluation, USA
F/A-18Es over Afghanistan(click to view full) It’s a seemingly small change. Allow US Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets to cruise between 29,000 and 41,000 feet, where the thinner air would save the US Navy several million dollars per year in fuel costs –...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 17, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
Marine Corps Air StationKaneohe Bay(click to view full) Nan in Honolulu, HI won a $39.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of 2 barracks for single Marines at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, HI. Nan will build 2 reinforced concrete...
