by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN 77: Men at work(click to view full) DID reader Lee Wahler points us to a pair of interesting articles. WorkBoat.com has a piece called “Boatyard Boom”: “Everything indicates that the shipyard industry is on the leading edge of a boom,” said...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S: Flying low The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reports that New Haven, Connecticut WTNH News Channel 8 reporter Alan Cohn made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on March 4, 2004 to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for Corrective...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
AN/AAR-47 Components The AN/AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) is a passive missile approach warning system consisting of four sensor assemblies housed in two or more sensor domes, a central processing unit, and a control indicator. Deployed on helicopters...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Schoolkids in Guam(click to view full) Dick Pacific Construction Co. Ltd. in Barrigada, Guam received $37.6 million modification P00001 under previously awarded firm-fixed price contract N62742-05-C-1308, for construction of the new Cdr. William C. McCool Elementary...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 29, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Events, Launch Vehicles, Project Failures, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Falcon-1: first launch(click to see problem) DID covered the SpaceX’s Falcon-1 and its inaugural launch failure this Monday, as well as the programs impacted by its failure. Now SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has stepped up with a preliminary analysis of what...
