by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2007 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Contracts - Intent, Delivery & Task Orders, Events, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, USA
Relief map(click to view full) On June 8/07, DID covered some construction support for US SOCOM’s operations in the Philippines, and pointed out that these kinds of contracts fit into a larger doctrine. They also fit into a larger set of efforts against an...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2007 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, UAVs
ScanEagle returns(click to view full) Australia has moved ahead on a number of fronts to bolster its forces in the field with unmanned aerial vehicles. At the squad level, Elbit Systems’ Skylark IV mini-UAVs provide immediate surveillance capabilities. For...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2007 | Bombs - Cluster, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Launch Vehicles, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, USA
Before: Minotaur(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Missile Defense Division in San Bernardino, CA received an $8,.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to investigate a concept for a conventional ballistic missile capable of destroying...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, USA
Project map(click to view full) Granite Construction Co. in Watsonville, CA received an $8 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for flood control and ecosystem restoration along Tucson Arroyo/Arroyo Chico Watershed in Tucson, AZ. Work is expected to be...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Launch Vehicles, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
F136 nozzle tests(click to view full) Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) are seeing more us these days in aerospace, replacing the nickel, chromium and titanium alloys historically used in high-temperature zones like rocket motors and turbine engine hot exhaust areas....
