by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier LTM, Inc. in Havelock, NC received a $24.9 million ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-01-D-0101) to exercise an option for approximately 353,600...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Alliances, Events, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Issues - International, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, USA
F-35A head-on(click to view full) Israel’s relationship with the F-35 program has been rocky at times, but its re-admittance restored its Security Cooperative Participant status in the program, and the IAF still plans to buy about 100 F-35s to replace much of...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, USA
Mechanical dredge(click to view full) Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in Oakbrook, IL won a $61.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Port Jersey Channel in Jersey City, N.J. Work is expected to be complete by April 30, 2009. There were...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Avionics, Britain/U.K., Fighters & Attack, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Testing & Evaluation, USA
HMDS, testing(click to view full) DID recently covered the JHMCS helmet-mounted display system that equips American “teen series” fighters around the world, and explained its importance to air combat in the 21st century. The Elbit Systems/ Rockwell-Collins...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Domestic Security, Events, Field Reports, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Sensors & Guidance, UAVs, USA
(Images fixed) Ikhana image(click to view full) A recent DID article explained the differences between the smaller MQ-1 Predator and MC-1 Sky Warrior UAVs, and their more advanced, higher-altitude cousin the MQ-9 Reaper hunter-killer. The MQ-9 is also the basis for...
