by Joe Katzman | Nov 8, 2007 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Transformation
ParaLander prep(click to view full) “JPADS: Making Precision Air-Drops A Reality” covered efforts underway in America and elsewhere to create and use systems that used advanced guidance and flight control software to turn paradropped supplies into...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 8, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
OH-58D over Tal Afar(click to view full) DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems – Optronics Division in Melbourne and Palm Bay, FL recently announced $48 million (36 + 12 million) in orders from U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Events, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Logistics Innovations, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, USA
Baroness Taylor(click to view full) Lord Paul Drayson was an accomplished man when he entered government. The founder of the needle-free vaccination firm PowderJect reaped over GBP 80 million, rose to a seat in the House of Lords, and went from an under secretary...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, IT - General, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
DDG-51 modernization(click to view full) The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, DC has issued a cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price incentive/ firm-fixed-price hybrid, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts for the Phase II development,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Conferences & Events, Leadership & People, Memoriam, USA
“Killer Chick”(click to view full) The American Office of the Secretary of Defense sent this on to DID, and we thought we’d pass it on to all of our readers in the Washington area. The American Veteran Center’s 10th Annual Conference begins...
