by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, IT - Software & Integration, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, UAVs, USA
B-2 drops JDAM Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St Louis, MO received a $70 million cost-plus fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. This indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity basic contract is for aircraft integration for the Joint Direct Attack...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
F-111 on afterburners(click to view full) Lear Siegler Logistics International Inc. in Gaithersburg, MD received a $142 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity with fixed-price award-fee and cost-reimbursable contract line items contract modification. It...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Strategic, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
Stage 3…(click to view full) The Headquarters 526th ICBM Systems Wing at Hill Air Force Base, UT has issued a pair of cost-plus fixed-fee contract modifications. Their R&D effort is aimed at technologies that might be used in a replacement to the third...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2006 | Events, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Policy - Personnel, Scandals & Investigations, Security & Secrecy, USA
In a follow-up to the events described in DID’s May 25, 2006 article, the US government has disclosed that personal data on up to 50,000 active Navy and National Guard personnel were among those stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee’s home last month. An...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2006 | India, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Testing & Evaluation
Agni II, rail-mounted(click to view full) India relies on a number of delivery platforms for its nuclear deterrent, from combat aircraft to its Prithvi (150-300 km/ up to 180 miles) Agni I (700-800 km/ up to 500 miles) and rail-mountable Agni II (2,000+ km/ 1,200+...
