by Joe Katzman | Oct 10, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Medical, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
On the front lines(click to view full) Your friend is on the ground, bleeding out. If you can’t replace the lost circulation volume, he’ll die quickly from shock. If the replacement you use hinders clotting, his odds to make it through the Golden Hour...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 10, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport
Tarian close-up(click to view full) Working with Britain’s Ministry of Defense, a transatlantic firm named AmSafe has come up with a novel solution to anti-tank rockets: fabric panels mounted on the sides of trucks and armored vehicles. Now, that concept has...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 9, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Training & Exercises, USA
Each of the US military services runs Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) courses for its people, at 3 escalating levels of severity. They aim to teach soldiers the code of conduct they’re obliged to follow if captured; how to survive in the wild for...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - Software & Integration, R&D - Contracted, USA
CPOF(click to view larger) General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, AZ received a $78 million cost-plus-award-fee indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, to develop the next iteration of their Command Post of the Future computing system. It’s...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2011 | Africa - Other, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Missiles - Surface-Air, Raytheon, Turkey, USA
Avenger, firing(click to view full) In fall 2011, Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a $26 million firm-fixed-price contract from Egypt and Turkey for 174 Stinger FIM-92H Block 1 missiles, 10 Electronic Component Assemblies, and spare parts. Work will be...
