by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2009 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Force Structure, Policy - Procurement, USA
Adm. Stavridis(click for bio) The Florida Times-Union offers an interview with Adm. James G. Stavridis, currently Commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM, covers Latin America) and soon to take charge of United States European Command as (NATO) Supreme Allied...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2009 | New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation
CVN-77: sea trials(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, VA is being awarded a $72.7 million contract modification to cover the USS George H. W. Bush’s (CVN 77) Post Shakedown Availability/Selected Restricted Availability....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2009 | Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Iraq, Other Corporation, USA
Iraqis train: M240B, PKMs(click to view full) June 11/09: Agility Logistics subsidiary Taos Industries Inc. in Huntsville, AL won a $30.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for 33,400,938 rounds of “various non standard ammunition” for the Republic of Iraq....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, UAVs, USA
MQ-1’s MTS-A turret(click to view full) June 10/09: Raytheon Co. of McKinney, TX received a firm-foxed-price, not-to-exceed $87.3 million contract to buy 35 “MTS-A” AN/AAS-52 surveillance and targeting turrets for use on MQ-1 Predator UAVs. This...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Canada, IT - Cyber-Security, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Procurement Innovations, Public Partnering, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc.
The Canadian Communication Security Establishment (CSEC) plays the same role in Canada that the ultra-secretive NSA (National Security Agency) does in the USA, and cooperates closely with its American counterpart. Unlike counterparts like the Canadian CSIS, or...
