by Joe Katzman | Jun 19, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, New Systems Tech, Small Business, UAVs, University-related, USA
Orion HALL Small business qualifier Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, VA received a $6.2 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Orion Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Prototype Development and Test Flight. Work is expected to be complete by Sept. 30,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2007 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Transformation, USA
Micro-electronics Research Development Corp. (Micro-RDC) in Colorado Springs, CO received a $6.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to design and develop plug-and-play and responsive space components, systems, and process to enable the ‘six-day’...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2007 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
NOT the bat-plane(click to view full) “USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availability” described the new support arrangements for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which has historically had availability rates that hovered around 50%....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2007 | Asia - Other, Europe - Other, France, Legal, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales
Kang Ding w. SH-60(click to view all) Our November 2005 article “Full Steam Ahead for Taiwan Frigate Corruption Investigation” explained the scandal’s background, and noted the beginnings of Swiss cooperation via the unsealing of bank files. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 15, 2007 | C4ISR, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Project Successes, R&D - Private, Radars, Raytheon, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, UAVs, USA
F-22 Cutaway(click to view full) The F/A-22 and F-35’s advanced built-in radars and electronics can be levered to turn these planes into electronic warfare aircraft. Meanwhile, some of the key trends in military I/O highlight the increasing need for...
