by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, Industry & Trends, Logistics, Materials Innovations, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Transformation, USA
Inflatable structural supports, also called airbeams, have swelled into a variety of products, and a team of engineers at the Center of Excellence for Inflatable Composite Structures headquartered at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center’s Collective (SSC-Natick)...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Forces - Naval, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Future Undersea Warfare?(click to enlarge) Pennsylvania State University at University Park, PA won a $27.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for the Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance Network (PLUSNET) against Basic Ordering Agreement N00014-05-G-0106....
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Avionics, Contracts - Modifications, Northrop-Grumman, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-2C Hawkeye Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Bethpage, NY received a $10.2 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0044) to upgrade 10 E-2C Group II Hawkeye carrier-based airborne early warning & control aircraft to...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA, WMD Defenses
Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA received a sole-source $9.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for decontaminating powder for the M291 and M295 decontamination mask kits. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, PA and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31,...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, USA
UH-60 Blackhawk The Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, AL has issued about $9.7 million in delivery orders to small business qualifiers for unspecified UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter parts. The UH-60 is the main troop transport helicopter of the U.S....