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....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2007 | Asia - Other, Design Innovations, Domestic Security, Industry & Trends, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Remote Weapons Systems, Transformation, Warfare - Trends
Golan w. Samson Jr. RWS(click to view full) Remotely-operated Weapons Systems (RWS) like Recon/Optical’s CROWS, Kongsberg’s Protector, Thales’ SWARM, BAE’s LEMUR, and larger versions like RAFAEL’s RCWS-30 and Elbit’s ORCWS have...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation
CH-124 & FFH:HMCS St Johns(click to view full) Back in 1994, Canadian Forces Base Shearwater was downsized and most of its tenants moved to nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia on Canada’s east cost. The base, which had been active since 1918 and supported the RCAF...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN 77, Aug 2005(click to view full) W.F. Magann Corp. in Portsmouth, VA won a $23.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for dry dock modernization at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for an extension to Dry Dock #8 to “service the new...
