by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Conferences & Events, IT - General, Transformation, USA
“I pwned the enemy!” The US Army’s program manager for the $120+ billion Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team was recently speaking in Fort Lauderdale, FL at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual winter conference. He said they want a...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Thales, Transformation
HMAS Anzac(click to view full) The Australian Defence Force’s ability to successfully conduct maritime operations is highly dependent on the exchange of operational information between ships, aircraft and land units. To make that goal more of a reality, the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Air-Air, Raytheon, Turkey, USA
F-16 launches AIM-9X(click for AIM-9X zoom) Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a $35.7 million ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0006). It exercises an option for the procurement of 127 AIM-9X...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, USA
Dick Pacific Construction Co. Ltd. in Honolulu, HI won a $24.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for Drum Road upgrade Phase I. Work will be performed in Oahu, HI and is expected to be complete by Sept. 2, 2009. There were five bids solicited on Aug. 18, 2005, and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 24, 2006 | DID site
Happier days(click to view full) Our February 22, 2006 article “Is The End Near for the USS JFK?” describes the shifts on Capitol Hill that could leave the USA with one fewer carrier, but the process has been frustrating for all concerned. Likewise, the...
