by Joe Katzman | Jun 13, 2006 | Budgets, Force Structure, Forces - Land, USA
The US Army is preparing its FY 2008 – 2013 program objective memorandum (POM), due Aug. 15 to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Inside Defense reports that the Army is considering a number of possibilities, as the April 2006 fiscal guidance handed down by...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 13, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, USA
MW Builders of Texas Inc. of Temple, TX, was awarded on May 31, 2006, a $19.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a vehicle maintenance facility at Fort Hood, TX. Fort Hood is famous as the largest active duty armored post in the United States, and...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2006 | Americas - Other, BAE, Boeing, Consulting Firms, Domestic Security, Electronics - General, Israel, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Raytheon, RFPs, Sensors & Guidance, Small Business, T&C - Big 5 Firms, T&C - IBM, USA
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Border Initiative (SBI) is a comprehensive plan to secure U.S. borders and reduce illegal immigration, including an array of technical aids and elements on both the northern Canadian border and the southern...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2006 | Americas - Other, Avionics, Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
Mosquito(click to view full) The Israeli military is experimenting with a futuristic Frisbee-size unmanned aerial vehicle called the Mosquito. Somewhat like the Class I MAV, et. al., the Mosquito will one day be expected to fly into buildings through doors and...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA, WMD Detection
Akamai Physics Inc. in Las Cruces, NM received a $10.3 million cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification for Bright Onyx. This is a compact, active multi-spectral chemical sensor operating in the 5-micrometer region; it enables the remote chemical detection of...
