by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Air-Air, Raytheon, Turkey, USA
F-16 launches AIM-9X(click for AIM-9X zoom) Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a $35.7 million ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0006). It exercises an option for the procurement of 127 AIM-9X...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, USA
Dick Pacific Construction Co. Ltd. in Honolulu, HI won a $24.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for Drum Road upgrade Phase I. Work will be performed in Oahu, HI and is expected to be complete by Sept. 2, 2009. There were five bids solicited on Aug. 18, 2005, and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | DID site
Happier days(click to view full) Our February 22, 2006 article “Is The End Near for the USS JFK?” describes the shifts on Capitol Hill that could leave the USA with one fewer carrier, but the process has been frustrating for all concerned. Likewise, the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 23, 2006 | Bombs - Smart, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Forces - Air, India, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Missiles - Precision Attack, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Transformation, Transport & Utility
IL-78MK with SU-30MKIs(click to expand) India Defence notes India’s Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi’s recent remarks that Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to acquire more advanced fighters, sophisticated defence systems and smart long-range weapons, as the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 23, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Biological Weapons, C4ISR, Chemical Weapons, Industry & Trends, IT - General, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, USA, WMD Defenses
Ammo turbulence(click to view full) The ability to use open-source operating systems like Linux with “clusters” of computing hardware that include many commodity components has really changed the supercomputing landscape. Complex physics-based problems...
