by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Issues - International, Raytheon
GBU-28 Bomb General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in Niceville, FL received a $5.2 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for the first production lot of 71 BLU-122 penetrator warheads. The BLU-122 “bunker buster” warhead is...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Israel, Scandals & Investigations, Security & Secrecy
Israeli police have arrested 21 people following a six-month investigation into allegations that an A-list of Israeli companies used Trojan horse software to spy on commercial rivals in Israel. The tip-off came when an Israeli author, Amnon Jacont, started to suspect...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, People, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, UAVs
Quick on the trigger… Aviation Week is currently running a profile on General Atomics CEO Tom Cassidy and his unusual approach to military production, and DefenseTech.org has some coverage. DID has run a number of articles covering the Predator UAV’s...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Public Partnering
British Telecommunications (BT) has selected Nortel Networks multiservice switching and voice-over-IP solutions as part of its $2.7 billion Defence Fixed Telecommunications System contract extension with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The contract is estimated...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, University-related, USA
Universal Technology Corp. in Dayton, OH received a $49.5 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to provide for the Minority Leaders Programs over the next four years. The purpose of the program is to focus on involvement of the Historical Black...
