by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Memoriam, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, USA
MH-6M’s NASCAR visit(click to view full) US Special Operations Command’s helicopters are some of its most important assets. The service will need new helicopters in the near future, but meanwhile, they’re busy modernizing the helicopters they have....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2011 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, France, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
In September 2011, The MITRE Corp. in Bedford, MA received a $394.2 million contract modification, exercising the 3rd option year for systems engineering and integration support for Air Force ceiling programs (892 staff-years) and Air Force non-ceiling programs (300...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, ECM, Other Corporation, Textron, USA
On April 2/07, BB&T Capital Markets upgraded EDO Corporation to “buy,” in part because they thought EDO was well positioned to win a part of the $200-$500 million Counter- Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW)...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 3, 2011 | Alliances, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, General Atomics, IAI, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Robots, Satellites & Sensors, Sensors & Guidance, Signals Radio & Wireless, Spotlight articles, Support Functions - Other, Textron, UAVs, University-related, USA
US “Chair” Force?(click to view full) UAVs have played a crucial role in gathering intelligence in the US military’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are thousands of UAVs gathering and distributing valuable data on the enemy, but each system uses...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Robots, USA
iRobot’s Packbot(click to view full) In September 2011, iRobot Corp., Bedford, MA, was awarded a 5-year, $60 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for up to 300 PackBot Robot Systems, plus sustainment parts, repair,...
