by Joe Katzman | Oct 17, 2005 | C4ISR, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon, Transformation, USA
Aviation Week reports that Raytheon and Lockheed Martin reached an out-of-court settlement agreement regarding recent litigation. The legal battle began after Lockheed jilted its 2002 partner and hooked up with Northrop Grumman to take the contract for the new Block...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 17, 2005 | ABM, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC, USA
The US Missile Defense Agency has issued a pair of cost-plus-award-fee sole source contract modifications to provide scientific, engineering, and technical assistance support for the Executive Management Council. The contracts will end by Nov. 30, 2006. The total...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2005 | Corporate Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Private, UAVs, USA
DID recently covered the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) UAV program, and the effects its ambitious requirements and quest for a new operating system might have on the project as a whole. As part of their system’s development, Lockheed has introduced...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Doctrine, Robots, USA
LCS with H-60S(click to view full) Advances in the USA’s littoral warfare capabilities include mine hunting lasers, UUVs, and Littoral Combat Ships. As the US Navy’s program executive officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare, Rear Admiral William E. Landay...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2005 | Domestic Security, Legal, Policy - Personnel
As part of the US military’s organizational transformation, the Bush administration has pushed to create more flexibility within the Department of Defense’s personnel system with a streamlined appeals processes, more market-based compensation, merit pay,...
