by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Chugach Management Services in Anchorage, AK is being awarded a $9 million fixed price award fee contract modification. This covers recurring services for maintenance and repair of accompanied family houses; mobile houses; mobile home parking lots, and associated...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Domestic Security, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Official Reports, USA
The USA’s military has been shrinking for decades, but the politics involved in closing military bases in Congressional districts made it difficult to keep fixed costs in line. The level of waste involved finally resulted in the BRAC approach. Under the Base...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA
GoldenEye The U.S. Defense Department’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Planning Task Force’s “Unmanned Systems Roadmap 2005-2030” offers a 213-page window into a major aspect of the U.S. military’s evolution, and has received a great...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic, Small Business, USA
“Sparker” Buoy Small business qualifier Phoenix Science & Technology Inc. in Chelmsford, MA received a not to exceed $15 million Phase III, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program contract for Topic N95-005 entitled “Surface Discharge...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2005 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Israel, Middle East - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA, Warfare - Lessons
M113A3 APC BAE Systems, Santa Clara, CA received a $16 million firm-fixed-price contract for M113A3 and M1064A3 (an M113 variant that carries and fires a Soltam 120mm mortar) Survivability Enhancement Armor. Scrutinizing the actual contract [PDF format], DID finds...
