by Joe Katzman | Apr 21, 2005 | C4ISR, Events, IT - General, New Systems Tech, USA
(click for explanation) In a move that both validates the technology underlying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and promises to help advance it, especially in terms of security, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has taken a step toward developing its own,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, USA
Raytheon Company’s Integrated Defense Systems (Raytheon IDS) of Tewksbury, MA has been awarded a three-year, $26.9 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to optimize and refine the use of Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors. The...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 21, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA
I spy, withmy little eye… FLIR Systems, Inc. of Portland, OR announced the receipt of a three-year, $13 million contract from the US Army Research Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM), Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat
LPD-17 cutaway(click for full size) Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems’ (Raytheon IDS) role as a mission systems integrator for the LPD-17 San Antonio Class of amphibious warfare ships took another step forward, thanks to a $12.5 million subcontract from...
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...
