by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Naval, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
One combat fleet(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems in Bethesda, MD received a $17.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for systems engineering and integration in support of Combat System Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS). SWFTS is...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Budgets, Forces - Marines, Issues - Political, Lobbying
More of these…(click to view full) National Defense Magazine notes that the US Marine Corps is requesting $18.2 billion for 2007, while depending on nearly $10 billion in additional funds from 2006 supplemental appropriations. The 2007 request is up slightly...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | ABM, Conferences & Events, Lobbying, Scandals & Investigations, USA
(click to view full) The stated mission of the Missile Defense Agency is to field a layered missile defense system that integrates land, sea, and air-based missile defenses to protect the U.S. homeland, deployed troops, and America’s friends and allies. They...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN 77: Men at work(click to view full) DID reader Lee Wahler points us to a pair of interesting articles. WorkBoat.com has a piece called “Boatyard Boom”: “Everything indicates that the shipyard industry is on the leading edge of a boom,” said...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S: Flying low The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reports that New Haven, Connecticut WTNH News Channel 8 reporter Alan Cohn made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on March 4, 2004 to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for Corrective...
