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...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Northrop-Grumman, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
NN: SSN 708 drydocked(click to view full) Northrop Grumman subsidiary Newport News in Newport News, VA received a $59.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for planning yard, design, configuration management and logistics support related to its SSN Los Angeles...
