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FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Budgets, European Union (EU), Lobbying, New Systems Tech, USA

Authorized by the U.S. Congress since 1980, the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) program is administered by the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and...
FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

$14M+ for Blimps in Iraq

by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Forces - Marines, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA

TCOM 32M Aerostat DefenseTech.org reports that the U.S. Marines are beginning to use aerostats (a.k.a. tethered blimps) as communications relays in Iraq. The Marine Airborne Re-Transmission Systems (MARTS), is a TCOM 32M Aerostat that will receive signals from ground...
FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

Hezbollah Mirsad-1 UAV Penetrates Israeli Air Defenses

by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Events, Intelligence & PsyOps, UAVs

Sending a message For the second time in five months, Hizbollah militants operating an Iranian-made drone successfully penetrated Israel’s air defenses and flew unmolested for nearly nine minutes on April 11 over Western Galilee cities and settlements before...
FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

F/A-22 Raptor Approved for Full Production

by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Aircraft, Events, Fighters & Attack, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, USA

F/A-22 Raptor(click to view full) According to Lockheed-Martin, an acquisition decision information paper released by the Department of Defense on April 18, 2005 states “The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) [Michael W. Wynne]...
FY 2005 Foreign Comparative Testing Projects

$12.9M in Drugs for Comfort and Mercy

by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Surface Ships - Combat, USA

USNS Mercy Cardinal Health Inc. in Dublin, OH won a maximum $12.9 million firm fixed price indefinite quantity contract for the U.S. Navy to meet pharmaceutical requirements aboard routine Navy Fleet and hospital Ships USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. This is a 12-month...
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