by Joe Katzman | Mar 11, 2005 | Budgets, Indonesia, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Indonesia The recent dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia is leading Indonesia’s military to request significant increases in spending, in order to update and maintain to its aging equipment. Military spending this year is set at Rp 21.9 trillion (USD $2.4...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Top Stories, USA
AC-130 Spectre The Aerospace Integration Corp., and E.J. Mlynarczyk and Co. of Crestview, FL, are being awarded a $97 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a basic year and four option years. The agreement covers contractor support for all...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Surface Ships - Combat, Top Stories, USA
Arleigh Burke classNorthrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, MI and Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, are each being awarded cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contracts (MAC), for a not-to exceed task order ceiling of $200...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2005 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, Top Stories, USA
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop electronic components made from gallium nitride, a next-generation semiconductor material. The three-year, $16.5 million contract for the Wide Band Gap...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2005 | Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Forces - Marines, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Rockets, Top Stories, USA, Warfare - Trends
Back in Iraq Older versions of Talley Defense Systems’ M-72 light antitank weapon (LAW) were used extensively during the Vietnam War, where their performance showed that only larger, shoulder-fired rockets would stop a Soviet tank. Post war, the bigger and...
