by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, T&C - SAIC, USA
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) Research and Development Division in San Diego, CA received a $51.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for the research, design, fabrication, and demonstration of wideband...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2006 | Boeing, Corporate Financials, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
ScanEagle returns(click to view full) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that ScanEagle UAV makers The Insitu Group of Bingen, WA just received $23 million in venture capital financing from Battery Ventures, Second Avenue Partners and others. The firm has grown...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2006 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Management, Project Methodologies, UAVs, USA
RQ-4: High flight(click to view full) DID has covered the US military’s RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance UAVs, which can cruise at 65,000 feet for 32 hours and cover thousands of miles in the process. Forecast International notes that 7 Global Hawks have been...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2006 | Chemical Weapons, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Unloading… carefully(click to view full) In a recent post, DID noted that Bechtel National Inc. in San Francisco, CA had received a delivery order amount of $27.6 million as part of a $315.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for activities to facilitate...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2006 | Laser & EM Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Private, USA
DID reader Gene Inger of The Inger Letter forwarded this to our attention. DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a long-term strategic agreement with Ionatron, Inc., located in Tuscon, AZ. DID has covered Ionatron’s plasma weapons and its anti-IED...
