by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Events, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Logistics Innovations, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, USA
Baroness Taylor(click to view full) Lord Paul Drayson was an accomplished man when he entered government. The founder of the needle-free vaccination firm PowderJect reaped over GBP 80 million, rose to a seat in the House of Lords, and went from an under secretary...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, IT - General, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
DDG-51 modernization(click to view full) The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, DC has issued a cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price incentive/ firm-fixed-price hybrid, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts for the Phase II development,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Conferences & Events, Leadership & People, Memoriam, USA
“Killer Chick”(click to view full) The American Office of the Secretary of Defense sent this on to DID, and we thought we’d pass it on to all of our readers in the Washington area. The American Veteran Center’s 10th Annual Conference begins...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2007 | DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Private, Spotlight articles, Trucks & Transport, USA
By Tim Oren This article is a follow-on to the play-by-play discussion in “DARPA Urban Challenge 2007: George Town Races” that looked at events on the course. This article looks at everything that happened, and is likely to begin happening, outside of it....
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2007 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, France, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, Security Contractor, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Afghan Army Mi-17s(click to view full) An Oct 24/07 report in Canada’s Globe & Mail claims that: “NATO plans to rent helicopters to resupply front lines and remote bases in southern Afghanistan – an unprecedented move that could reduce ground...
