by Joe Katzman | Apr 27, 2010 | ABM, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Food-related, IT - General, Materials Innovations, MBDA, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Rockets, Russia, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Trends
* Russian Novator’s promotion of its containerized SS-N-27 Klub-K CMS cruise missiles extend and highlight new dimensions of the terrorist threat as “the ultimate concealed weapon,” offers second-strike for smaller states outside the rules of war,...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 27, 2010 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Satellites & Sensors, T&C - IBM, T&C - SAIC, USA
System F6 concept(click to view full) Satellites are currently big, expensive to build and launch, vulnerable, impossible in practice to upgrade on-orbit, difficult to replace – and critical to military effectiveness. That’s a really bad combination. Now...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 27, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, Small Business, USA
Climb that pole(click to view full) The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest in San Diego, CA awarded 7 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for new construction and repair of dry...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 27, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, UAVs, USA
Orbital Sciences Corp. in Greenbelt, MD received a $94.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contract from the US Naval Research Laboratory for spacecraft and airborne systems research analysis and prototype development. The work includes the analysis, design,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 27, 2010 | Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, USA
A capital idea? On Jan 4/10, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles, CA to the Washington, DC area. The new corporate office will include approximately 300 people, and the firm plans to complete its...
