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...
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,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
T-AFS 9 USNS Spica(click to view full) Detyens Shipyard, Inc. in Charleston, SC received a $7.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for ship repair, overhaul and drydock of US Military Sealift Command’s Mars Class combat stores ship USNS Spica (T-AFS 9). This...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2006 | Boeing, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, RFPs, United Technologies, USA
CSAR exercise w. CH-53E(click to view full) DID has covered the CSAR-X/PRV competition extensively, from our initial article laying out the key competitors and some scenarios, to the Bell/Boeing V-22 team’s decision to withdraw from the competition, to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2006 | Ammunition, Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Other Corporation, USA
DID has written articles covering the US military’s small caliber ammunition shortages, and the steps they’ve taken to both solve the problem in the short term and implement longer-term capacity improvements. A pair of delivery orders worth about $159.2...
