by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
AH-64D Apache Longbow Raytheon Company received a $312 million, five-year indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Army’s Communications and Electronics Command to provide AN/ARC-231 Skyfire radio systems for the US Army’s fleet of...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2006 | Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, USA
There has been a lot of discussion about the USA’s Interceptor OTV body armor lately, but few include the much-neglected procurement/ supply capacity dimensions. We hope to have a DID article covering that aspect as time permits. Meanwhile, some soldiers serving...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2006 | C4ISR, Corporate Innovations, Heavy Bombers, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, RFPs, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Trends
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said it will extend the due date for proposals on its 5+5 year, $13 billion Encore II enterprise services contract. An internal Defense Department review will require revisions to the December 5, 2005 RFP, and DISA expects...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2006 | ECM, Industry & Trends
EA-18G Growler(click to view full) Industry analyst firm Forecast International’s “The Market for Electronic Warfare Systems” predicts that the development and production of leading electronic warfare systems will represent a $28 billion market over...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, UAVs, USA
MQ-9 Predator B(click to view full) General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. in San Diego, CA received a $41.4 million fixed-price incentive firm contract for the manufacture, test, and delivery of five MQ-9 Predator B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and associated...