by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, UAVs, USA
RQ-4A Global Hawk Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received $60.2 million fixed price incentive contract to provide for ten RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft and other Low Rate Initial Production Lot 5 items: Five Airborne Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Processor...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, USA
JASSM with F-16 Lockheed Martin has developed a new way to adapt its advanced strike weapons to existing aircraft interfaces, saving money and significantly shortening development times. Instead of creating unique interfaces that require special aircraft modifications...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Naval, Naval Equipment, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, R&D - Contracted, USA
Alaska Ship and Drydock Inc. in Ketchikan, AK received a $9.7 millon cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement to build a prototype vessel to test various technologies for their usefulness in employment in potential new naval ship designs. Exact particulars were not specified,...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, Middle East - Other, Security & Secrecy, Security Contractor
Al-Asad Air Traffic Control SOC-SMG Inc. of Minden, NV won a $6.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for Internal Security Operations at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Al Asad is located approximately 180 km W of Baghdad and 12 km SW of the Euphrates River, and has just seen...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Medical, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, USA, WMD Defenses
Eagle Group International in Atlanta, GA received a $6 million firm-fixed-price 5-year contract for Management of the Military Vaccine/ Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. Work will be performed in Falls Church, VA and is expected to be complete by Aug. 22, 2010....
