The German Bundeswehr is no longer the formidable force that some remember from the Cold War. The force has been downsized, significant quantities of its heavy equipment have been sold off, and Germany’s level of defense spending has fallen sharply over the past...
Falcon HTV Concept(click to view full) In a January 2006 update to our original article covering the FALCON HTV hypersonic space plane, DID noted that the a Mach 15+ flight of HTV-1 was supposed to take place in September 2007. Now a Flight International article notes...
DRS DPGDS DRS Technologies, Inc. recently announced almost $10 million in new orders to produce Deployable Power Generation and Distribution Systems (DPGDS) for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army. DRS will provide power units, secondary equipment and spare parts to...
Our readers aren’t the only ones with electricity bills to pay. Governments of all levels get them, including the military. In addition, the military’s purchasing power often makes it easier and cheaper for federal civilian government agencies to include...
Katrina (click to view full) Manson Gulf L.L.C. in Houma, LA received a $16.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for Levee Enlargement in New Orleans, LA, which is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2007. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on Aug. 18, 2006,...
