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...
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...
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]...
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...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Simulation & Training, USA
Allied Technology, LLC in Marshall, TX won an $11 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of 700 launchers and 1,000,000 cartridges and associated support for the Battlefield Effects Simulator (BES) training...
