by Joe Katzman | May 20, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Israel, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies
F100 Engine Test United Technologies Corp. in East Hartford, CT received an $8 million undefinitized Contractual Action contract to provide for multiple sole source replenishments spares for the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine on foreign F-15 and F-16 Aircraft. This...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2005 | Forces - Space, Laser & EM Weapons, News, Nuclear Weapons, Outer Space, Space Warfare, USA
Over at DefenseTech.org, Noah Shachtman notes that the New York Times May 18, 2005 article Air Force Seeks Bush’s Approval for Space Weapons Programs contains a number of errors and distortions, confusing Air Force wish lists with funded programs, alluding to...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2005 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Boeing, Field Reports, Issues - International, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Policy - Doctrine, UAVs
Hellfire, coming up… The death of al-Qaeda leader Haitham al-Yemeni was not the result of a car bomb, as originally reported in a Pakistani newspaper, but the result of a Hellfire missile strike from an MQ-1 Predator UAV flying overhead. The Washington Post...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2005 | Engines & Propulsion - Naval
Basic Nuclear Propulsion(click to expand) Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. in Pittsburgh PA is being awarded a $104.2 million cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-02-C-2102) for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Engineering Vehicles, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA
Cougar-H 4×4 EOD(click to view full) On Tuesday, DID noted that Force Protection Industries Inc. in Ladson, SC had received a $45.7 contract for 71 Cougar Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Rapid Response Vehicles, with a maximum ordering quantity of 122...
