by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2005 | Airbus, Europe - Other, Launch Vehicles, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Space
Ariane 5 Launch(click to view full) Dutch Space BV, the largest space company in the Netherlands, has been acquired by EADS SPACE and will become part of EADS SPACE Transportation once the acquisition is complete. The firm was once part of the Fokker group, and has...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Ambassador Mk.III FAC Vision Technology, Inc. subsidiary VT Halter Marine Inc. of Pascagoula, MS received a $28.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for functional design of the Egyptian Navy’s Fast Missile Craft (FMC) under the Foreign Military Sales Program....
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2005 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Official Reports, People, Policy - Procurement, Project Failures, Project Management, Project Successes, Transformation, USA
Over at National Defense Magazine, US National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) President Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. talks about the Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) reform project, which DID has covered. Despite the improvements made over the last 20...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2005 | Ammunition, Asia - Central, BAE, C4ISR, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, Interoperability, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Power Projection, Project Failures, Sensors & Guidance, Soldier's Gear, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, Transformation, Trucks & Transport, UAVs
Kandahar, Afghanistan(click to view full) Canada will be deploying more forces to Afghanistan soon, as part of its ongoing commitments to the NATO ISAF force. In February 2006, the Canadian Forces will increase its presence by deploying approximately 2,000 personnel...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2005 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Sensors - Aquatic, USA
ADS Concept(click to view full) Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems and Sensors in Manassas, VA is exercising a $5.3 million option under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee/ cost-plus-award-fee contract N00039-04-C-0035 for optional contract line item number...
