by Joe Katzman | Mar 12, 2007 | France, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Israel, Other Corporation, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Shells & Mortar Rounds
Krasnopol 155mm In December 2006, The Indian Express reported that India’s Russian Krasnopol 155mm laser-guided shells have displayed defective performance during Army test-firing in the Mahajan ranges in Rajasthan in 2004 and 2005. In March 2007, Defence...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 12, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, USA
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc. in Honolulu, HI received $7 million for firm-fixed-price Task Order 0005 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract (N62742-04-D-1302). They’ll repair Pier K-8...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2007 | DARPA, USA
Our friend Noah Shachtman, who ran Military.com’s Defense Tech for several years, has left for a new job with WIRED as the editor of “Danger Room.” Here’s one of the stories on the new site: Tony Tether “Tony Tether has headed up the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, USA
Zumwalt Class(click to view full) DRS Power Technology Inc in Fitchburg, MA received a $19.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Integrated Power Systems research, and development of a Permanent Magnet Motor (PMM) System Land Based Test Site and Next Generation...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2007 | Contracts - Modifications, General Dynamics, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
SSN 744: shakedown cruise(click to view full) Getting a new class of submarine fully tweaked takes a while. General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. in Groton, CT received a $71.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-96-C-2100)...
