by Fred Donovan | Jan 13, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Food-related, Other Corporation, USA
Lot of mouths to feed(click to view full) Shamrock Foods in Commerce City, CO received a maximum $9.5 million firm fixed price, indefinite-quantity contract modification for full-line food distribution services to US military facilities in Colorado and Wyoming. The...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 12, 2010 | BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, University-related, USA
Sun Tzu The great Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu observed, “If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” This appears to the thinking behind the US Defense Advanced Research Agency’s (DARPA) new...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 12, 2010 | Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Precision Attack, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
AGM-129A loaded on a B-52at Minot Air Force Base, ND(click to view full) In 2007, a B-52 carried 6 unsecured nuclear-tipped AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nuclear warheads were...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 12, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
MV TSgt John A ChapmanDocked at MOTSU, NC(click to view full) Bristol Construction Services in Anchorage, AK received a $17.5 million construction contract modification to provide labor, materials and equipment to repair/upgrade the access rail line and on-post rail...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 11, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Northrop-Grumman, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
USS Virginia [SSN 774](click to view full) Goodrich in Charlotte, NC received a $49 million contract from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding to provide composite components for the next 8 Virginia-class nuclear fast attack submarines, referred to as Block III....
