by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2006 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
X-47B’s reserved space Northrop Grumman’s X-47B Pegasus is part of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS), and the X-47B’s development program and capability requirements changes have been covered by DID before. The outboard wings of the...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2006 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Field Innovations, New Systems Tech, Simulation & Training, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises
Type 45 Concept(click to view full) The UK Mininstry of Defence has placed a GBP 100 million contract (about $178 million at current conversion) with BAE Systems Insyte for “a very sophisticated system which can replicate the combat command systems used across...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2006 | Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group in Pasadena, CA received a $197 million modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract for continued chemical agent neutralization operations. Work will be performed in Newport, IN and is expected to be complete by May...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2006 | ABM, Blimps & LTA Craft, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, Fuel & Power, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
Lockheed HAA(click to view full) DID has covered the growing US interest in blimps for everything from low-altitude surveillance and communications relay, to air mega-transport, to near space operations. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors in Akron, OH...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 13, 2006 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Electronics - General, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, Project Failures, Radars, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, USA
ACS ERJ-145 Concept(click to view full) In 2005 it looked like the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) program, a joint US Army/ US Navy program, would replace three different reconnaissance planes used for signals interception (SIGINT), ground-looking SAR radars, and imagery...
