by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2005 | After-Action Reviews, Avionics, Boeing, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Failures, Project Management, Project Methodologies, T&C - RAND Corp., USA
Since the late 1980s, the U.S. Air Force has pursued the F/A-22 Raptor supersonic stealth fighter that incorporated numerous breakthrough technologies, while the US Navy developed the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet based on the existing F/A-18. Unsurprisingly, the F/A-22...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, France, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat
FNS Le Temeraire The French Navy has awarded shipbuilder DCN a pair of contracts to support French warships. The contracts are worth EUR 288.5 million (about $350 million), and cover a wide variety of platforms including the helicopter carrier Jeanne d’Arc,...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2005 | C4ISR, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Expeditionary Warfare, Field Innovations, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Partnerships & Consortia, Transformation, USA
SICPS Deployed(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Corporation recently rolled out the U.S. Army’s first two high-tech command post systems built under the Standardized Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) program. These common design, mobile, digitized...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2005 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Signals Radio & Wireless, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
V-RAMBO: A good partner? Small business qualifier Trident Systems Inc. of Fairfax, VA received a not to exceed $25 million Phase III, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program contract for Topic SOCOM03-004. The objective of the topic is to further develop...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Intelligence & PsyOps, Other Corporation, USA
ManTech International Corporation in Fairfax, Virginia received a $19 million contract from the United States Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC). This competitively awarded contract is a one year contract with an option year, for a total...
