by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
Early Iridium poster(click to view full) In June 2009, Iridium Government Services in Tempe, AZ received a contract to begin providing Netted Iridium satellite communication system to front line Marines. The program was developed to enable Marines deployed inland to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2011 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently announced the competitive award of 5 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for advisory and assistance services, under Small Business Set-Aside Request for Proposal HQ0147-09-R-0001. Under this 5-year $861.1...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, USA
HH-60G, Afghanistan(click to view full) March 8/11: Raytheon announces a $42 million USAF contract for additional AN/AAQ-29A day/night surveillance and targeting turrets. They’ll be installed in the US Air Force’s HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Force Structure, France, Iraq, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Rumours, Support Functions - Other, Transport & Utility, USA
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2011 | ABM, ATK, Design Innovations, Honeywell, Other Corporation, USA
Orbital MRT launch(click to view full) March 8/11: The US Missile Defense Agency’s issues Orbital Sciences Corp. a $217.1 million firm-fixed-price contract with provisions for fixed-price incentive, cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee,...