by Joe Katzman | Nov 11, 2005 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - International, IT - General, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC, USA, WMD Defenses, WMD Detection, WMD Proliferation
Northrop Grumman IT has been awarded a indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with a potential value of approximately $375 million over four years, in order to provide a range of scientific and technical advisory and assistance services to the Defense...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Public Partnering, Security Contractor, Support Functions - Other, USA
DID has covered special contracts before, wherein the US government can issue “extreme situations, massive response” requests and demand to have them met, quickly, by private sector entities. Since that kind of capability used to require large numbers of...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2005 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Field Innovations, Field Reports, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Trends
After: DIVE2(click to view full) These days, soldiers deployed abroad consider video games almost a necessity of life. In the Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (RGBW LI) that was deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year, so do their...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2005 | Iraq, Legal, Policy - Procurement, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized
T-72S: Now pay up(click to view full) On May 20, DID reported a contract to refurbish and deliver 77 Hungarian T-72 tanks to the Iraqi Army, as the centerpiece of a new armored division. The good news is that those tanks are ready for delivery to the Iraqi 9th Army...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2005 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Air, France, Japan, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, University-related, USA
The Headquarters Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA issued a $355.2 million cost-plus fixed-fee contract to the MITRE Corp. in Bedford, MA. The contract covers systems engineering and integration support for US Air Force programs in FY 2006, and...
