by Joe Katzman | Jul 19, 2005 | Ammunition, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, USA
In a recent article, DID described the U.S. Army’s shortage of small-caliber ammunition, and some of the steps being taken to address that shortage. As a concrete example, Alliant Techsystems of Independence, MO just received a delivery order amount of $6.4...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 18, 2005 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, New Systems Tech, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, USA
F/A-18E Super Hornet Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, MO has been awarded almost $550 million in non-competitive contracts related to its F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Electronic Warfare Aircraft. The EA-18G is still on the drawing board, and is...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 15, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Cyber-Security, Military Overall, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., T&C - SAIC, USA
Science Applications International Corp. in San Diego, CA is partnering with Computer Associates International Inc. in Islandia, NY on a $6.9 million contract that will install ca’s eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware software on 4 million computers used by Defense...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 15, 2005 | C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transformation, USA
Laser Comsat The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland, Air Force Base, NM recently issued a pair of contract modifications to Raytheon and Northrop-Grumman, in order to develop all-electronic steering systems for laser access communication beams. Steering extends...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 15, 2005 | Budgets, C4ISR, Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Project Successes, Public Partnering, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Microwave and millimeter wave units for defense satellites have been extremely expensive in the past – sometimes totaling more than 20% of the cost of a satellite. Typical applications use these units in high quantities and they are quite expensive individually...
