by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Environmental, Field Innovations, Fuel & Power, Logistics, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, Transformation, USA
A $1.6 million contract with Konarka Technologies Inc. for an unspecified number of flexible solar panels aims to lighten the load for U.S. troops, who must transport and carry batteries to power everything from night vision goggles to GPS units. In the immediate...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2005 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Transformation, USA
Excalibur GPS Shell James Dunnigan of StrategyPage briefly discusses the next two generations of smart precision indirect close-support weapons entering service with American forces as a successor to the Copperhead laser-guided shell. They will be particularly...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M1A2 Abrams General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, MI was awarded a delivery order amount of $25.3 million as part of a $56.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for the reset of M1A2 system enhancement program tanks. Work will be performed in Lima, Ohio,...
by Joe Katzman | May 6, 2005 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Policy - Procurement, USA
Reforming the Pentagon’s acquisition process will be central to defense budget negotiations in the House as authorizers gear up for subcommittee markups next week, Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, [R-CA] said Wednesday. Bipartisan concern about...
by Joe Katzman | May 6, 2005 | BAE, Issues - Political, Legal, Lobbying, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, T&C - Booz Allen, T&C - EDS
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered the U.S. Small Business Administration (USSBA) to release to the American Small Business League (ASBL) a draft report on the awarding of government contracts. The SBA report describes how...
