by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2007 | Bombs - Cluster, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Launch Vehicles, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, USA
Before: Minotaur(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Missile Defense Division in San Bernardino, CA received an $8,.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to investigate a concept for a conventional ballistic missile capable of destroying...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Project map(click to view full) Granite Construction Co. in Watsonville, CA received an $8 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for flood control and ecosystem restoration along Tucson Arroyo/Arroyo Chico Watershed in Tucson, AZ. Work is expected to be...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Launch Vehicles, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
F136 nozzle tests(click to view full) Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) are seeing more us these days in aerospace, replacing the nickel, chromium and titanium alloys historically used in high-temperature zones like rocket motors and turbine engine hot exhaust areas....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2007 | Asia - Other, Design Innovations, Domestic Security, Industry & Trends, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Remote Weapons Systems, Transformation, Warfare - Trends
Golan w. Samson Jr. RWS(click to view full) Remotely-operated Weapons Systems (RWS) like Recon/Optical’s CROWS, Kongsberg’s Protector, Thales’ SWARM, BAE’s LEMUR, and larger versions like RAFAEL’s RCWS-30 and Elbit’s ORCWS have...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation
CH-124 & FFH:HMCS St Johns(click to view full) Back in 1994, Canadian Forces Base Shearwater was downsized and most of its tenants moved to nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia on Canada’s east cost. The base, which had been active since 1918 and supported the RCAF...
