by Joe Katzman | Apr 29, 2005 | ABM, Budgets, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Submarines
Project 941 ‘Typhoon’ Sub The Russian Navy has announced that 2006 will see the deployment of two new strategic nuclear missile submarines (SSBNs, a.k.a. “boomers”) armed with SS-NX-30 Bulava sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 29, 2005 | Budgets, Forces - Strategic, Project Failures, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Space, USA
AEHF Milstar 3(Source: Lockheed Martin) Despite a number of delays and cost overruns in programs like SBIRS High and AEHF Milstar 3, Air Force officials at the 21st National Space Symposium on April 5, 2005 said the Pentagon’s acquisition system for buying...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 29, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, European Union (EU), New Systems Tech, Submarines
Type 209 Submarine(no fuel cells) The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) is fitting two new Type-209MOD submarines for Portugal’s navy with the latest fuel cell propulsion equipment, which allows the non-nuclear attack submarines to have...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 29, 2005 | C4ISR, IT - General, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless
BBN Technologies (which played a key role in the invention of the ARPANET/Internet) has won a $12.9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop low-power radio communications for the battlefield. The program’s aim is to...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 29, 2005 | Trucks & Transport
Up-Armored HMMWV The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command in Warren, MI recently issued two contracts related to its High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWVs, or “Hummer”) fleet of troop transports. One contract is for a refurbishment...
