by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2009 | Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, USA
MK13 Mod 5(click to view full) ATK subsidiary Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, MN received a $49.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for .300 Winchester magnum ammunition. Maximum quantity is 80,100 boxes of 480 rounds each,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 9, 2009 | BAE, Contracts - Modifications, Soldier's Gear, USA
MOLLE gear options(click to view) BAE Systems Specialty Group in Jessup, PA recently won a maximum $114 million firm-fixed price US Army contract for modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE). Work will be performed in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Kentucky,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 9, 2009 | C4ISR, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Trucks & Transport, USA
RF-7800I components(click to view full) Harris Corporation in Rochester, NY received a $13.5 million order to provide the U.S. Air Force with vehicular radios and a digital tactical intercom system for their Hummers. The USAF’s up-armored HMMWV is the M1116. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 9, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
Jacobs Engineering Group recently announced a 1-year, $3 million contract from the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA to support the Program Manager (PM), Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Services (MCEITS). Jacobs will develop and manage...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2009 | After-Action Reviews, Boeing, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, Interoperability, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Military Overall, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Space Warfare, T&C - CSC, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Raytheon: C4ISR Future?(click to expand) As video communications is integrated into robots, soldiers, and UAVs, and network-centric warfare becomes the organizing principle of American warfighting, front-line demands for bandwidth are rising faster than the US...
