USA Orders 10,000 JDAMs for $240M

by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Project Successes, USA

JDAM family(click to view full) Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas Corp in St Louis, MO received a $240 million firm-fixed-price with cost-reimbursement type for alternate disputes resolution contract for 10,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Lot 10 Guided...

USAF Detachment 8 Continues US Research Into EMP-Microwave Weapons

by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Laser & EM Weapons, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Non-Lethal Weapons, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, USA

HPM E-Bomb concept(click to view full) Detachment 8 Air Force Research Laboratory/PKDP at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM is researching new opportunities in all aspects of high-power electromagnetic weaponry. Their research supports missions such as survivability of U.S....

Global Fleet Sales Delivering Trucks for Afghan National Police

by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | Asia - Central, Delivery & Task Orders, Events, Small Business, Trucks & Transport, USA

New Afghan police(click to view full) Small business qualifier Global Fleet Sales Inc. in Anderson, IN received an $8.6 million increment as part of a $17.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for Afghan National Police trucks. Work will be performed in Bangkok,...

$9.9M to Complete Heat Protection Research for Hypersonic Vehicles

by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Launch Vehicles, Materials Innovations, R&D - Contracted, University-related, USA

Falcon HTV Concept(click to view full) University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, OH received a $9.9 million cost plus fixed fee contract. Solicitations began in December 2005, and negotiations were complete in February 2006. The Headquarters Air Force Research...

USA Spending $7.1M to Upgrade SEAL Delivery Vehicles

by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Project Failures, Sensors - Aquatic, Support & Maintenance, USA

SEAL Delivery Vehicle(click to view full) Because of the problems faced by the USA’s ASDS special forces mini-sub program, the need arose to extend and upgrade existing “wet delivery” SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV). Now Sonatech Inc in Santa Barbara,...