by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Americas - Other, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Intelsat, Ltd. Of Pembroke, Bermuda and PanAmSat Holding Corporation of Wilton, CT, USA have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Intelsat will acquire PanAmSat for $25 per share in cash, or $3.2 billion. Using a combined fleet of 53 satellites, the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Alliances, C4ISR, Forces - Air, India, Issues - International, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Signals Radio & Wireless
The Indian Air Force plans to publish a $100 million tender in Sept/05 for a command and control system. Defense News reports that the system is an ambitious attempt to imitate NATO’s command and control network, and that the tender is for more than $100...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, UAVs, USA
RQ-4A Global Hawk Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received $60.2 million fixed price incentive contract to provide for ten RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft and other Low Rate Initial Production Lot 5 items: Five Airborne Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Processor...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, USA
JASSM with F-16 Lockheed Martin has developed a new way to adapt its advanced strike weapons to existing aircraft interfaces, saving money and significantly shortening development times. Instead of creating unique interfaces that require special aircraft modifications...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Naval, Naval Equipment, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, R&D - Contracted, USA
Alaska Ship and Drydock Inc. in Ketchikan, AK received a $9.7 millon cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement to build a prototype vessel to test various technologies for their usefulness in employment in potential new naval ship designs. Exact particulars were not specified,...
