by Joe Katzman | May 16, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA
BQM-167A AFSAT Launch Composite Engineering in Sacramento, CA received a $19.8 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for Air Force Subscale Aerial Target, Exercise of Low Rate Initial Production Option for Lot 2 (quantity of 36 AFSATs) and the...
by Joe Katzman | May 16, 2005 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Environmental, Medical, Other Corporation
Joint venture San Juan Construction Inc./John Laing International Ltd. in Montrose, CO is being awarded an $18.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a solid waste management facility and dental clinic replacement at Diego Garcia. Work will be...
by Joe Katzman | May 16, 2005 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, France, Japan, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance
Standard Missile launch Raytheon Co. in Tucson, AZ is being awarded an $11.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide Full Service Support (FSS) for the Standard Missile-1 (SM-1) program of U.S. Allied Nations. The SM-1 was phased out of the U.S. Navy in 2003; it...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Events, Force Structure, Issues - Political, USA
The Official BRAC List has been released and Jeff Quinton is putting it into HTML form, instead of PDF/Acrobat. Under the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) process, the Secretary of Defense makes recommendations to a commission, nominated by the President, confirmed...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Project Failures, R&D - Private, Scandals & Investigations, Transport & Utility, USA
RAF C-130J(click to view full) Bowing to bipartisan pressure from Senators, Congress, and Governors, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has decided to continue with the oft-criticized C-130J Hercules transport aircraft program rather than ending the 5-year,...