by Joe Katzman | Sep 8, 2005 | DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Space, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Rumours, Small Business, Space Warfare, USA
QuickReach concept On April 19, 2005, DID reported on a Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center contract for SpaceX’s Falcon I system, under a Responsive Small Spacelift Launch Vehicles program. Indeed, SpaceX’s Falcon I system has 3 scheduled...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 8, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
On Patrol in Iraq The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, MI has issued a slew of orders for various configurations of the HMMWV (“Hummer”) armored jeep. Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2007, and will be performed by AM...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 8, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
HEMAT Trailer Engineered Support Systems (ESSI) subsidiary Systems and Electronics Inc. in St. Louis, MO received the full delivery order amount of $62.8 million as part of a firm-fixed-price contract for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer (HEMAT). This...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 8, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, USA
FN Manufacturing LLC in Columbia, SC received a $52.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for M240B Machine Guns. The M240 was adopted by the U.S. following a world-wide search for a reliable 7.62 mm coaxial NATO machinegun for tanks and armored vehicles. Because all...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 8, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, USA
DynCorp International in Fort Worth, TX received a $9.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for Access Control Badge System Services in Iraq. The announcement did not mention whether this is connected to the $75+ million biometric access card project under way to...
