by Fred Donovan | Apr 29, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
AccessNet system General Dynamics C4 Systems in Columbia, MD received a ceiling $45.9 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the US Marine Corps Systems Command for life cycle logistics for the AccessNet digital switching system and LongArm...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 28, 2010 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Engineer Units, Europe - Other, France, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Think Tanks, USA, WMD Proliferation
* NATO chief proposes common funding pool for NATO missions and country-specific specialization in major weapon system procurement. * US CSBA rips “flawed logic” [PDF] of USA’s recent nuclear posture review. April 2010 backgrounders also include the...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 28, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, USA
Aegis Technologies in Huntsville, AL received a $20.5 million contract to support the Air Force Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit (AFMSTT). AFMSTT is a collection of computer-based simulation systems and mission controller workstations used to train senior US...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 28, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Can you hear me now?(click to view larger) Harris Corp. in Lynchburg, VA received a $9.2 million modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract (N65236-07-D-5115) for land mobile radio (LMR) systems and...
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...
