by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, Sensors & Guidance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
USNS Saturn In the wake of the recent attack on a cruise ship by West African pirates, and amidst ongoing concerns about piracy and terrorism in vital chokepoints around the world, Delphinus Engineering, Inc. in Eddystone, PA won a $50 million cost-plus-fixed-fee...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, USA
F-35 Wing Assembly(click to view full) In a previous DID article, we noted National Defense Industrial Association President Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell’s (ret.) comment that the US defense industry had to swim against the national trends and strengthen its...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2005 | Budgets, Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
F/A-22 Raptor(click to view full) The Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH has awarded a pair of contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. in Fort Worth, TX, related to the Lot 5 & 6 production batches of the fifth-generation...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, USA
Raytheon Technical Services Co. in Indianapolis, IN received a $70.2 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-02-D-3073). This modification exercises an option for systems engineering,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 16, 2005 | Leadership & People, Memoriam, Transformation
Arthur K. Cebrowski On September 26, 2005, DID ran an article that covered Vice-Admiral (ret.) Arthur Cebrowski’s pivotal role in the Pentagon’s Office of Force Transformation, and the OFT’s future after his resignation due to illness earlier this...
