by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Trucks & Transport, USA
New turret(click to view full) We’ve gone on about the importance of proper gunshields in combat zones before, in order to forestall preventable deaths and improve situational awareness. Change is coming. Now US Marines Regimental Combat Team 5’s seven-ton...
by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, USA
Johnson Controls Government Systems, LLC in Washington, DC received a maximum $36.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for acquisition of energy conservation measures for Fort Hood, TX. Fort Hood is famous as the largest active duty armored post in the United States,...
by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, R&D - Contracted, Small Business, USA
Trident Systems, Inc. in Fairfax, VA received a $9.6 million Phase III Small Business Innovative Research indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with provisions for the issuance of cost-plus-fixed-fee (term and completion) task/delivery orders. their...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2006 | Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Policy - Personnel, Project Failures, Scandals & Investigations, USA, Warfare - Lessons
In a shocking illustration of the truism that more integrated databases make for larger and more lucrative honeypots/ disaster magnets, the data of approximately 26.5 million US veterans was stolen recently. A Veterans’ Affairs employee disregarded security...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2006 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Partnerships & Consortia, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Transformation, USA
(click to view full) The US Coast Guard is currently operating vessels that date from the 1950s and 1960s, and a fleet-wide recapitalization is becoming an urgent priority given its new domestic security responsibilities. That effort is being handled as an integrated,...
