by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, USA
The Defense Energy Support Center in Fort Belvoir, VA recently awarded a series of contracts for various kinds of jet fuel worth over $1 billion. All contracts are fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contracts that expire at the end of FY 2006, terminating on...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Lobbying, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
MQ-1 Predator(click to view full) The USAF announced plans to spend $5.7 billion over the next five years to buy roughly 144 of GA Aeronautical Systems’ Predator UAVs – enough to add 12 squadrons of 12 robotic aircraft each, plus 36 support packages...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | ABM, Budgets, Lobbying, Naval Equipment, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
As Japan promises to build a new missile defense system, Pentagon leaders charged with protecting the country against a ballistic missile attack asked Congress March 15 for $7.8 billion to sustain development of the nation’s first missile defense system through...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. of North Charleston, SC won a $47.2 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering, technical, logistic and installation support services to support all Navy submarine and surface ship hull,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Robots, USA
ARV-Assault Concept United Defense L.P. of Santa Clara, CA (soon to be part of BAE Systems), received a $3 million increment as part of a $30.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development of an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) platform. The ARV is an...
