by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2008 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA
FSF-1 Sea Fighter(click to view full) The 262 foot long, 950 ton displacement FSF-1 Sea Fighter experimental ship was once called the X-Craft. It’s a high speed, shallow draft catamaran that was built to demonstrate and validate many of the Navy’s...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2008 | Asia - Central, Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
Telford’s airship Telford Aviation Inc. in Bangor, ME received a $26.4 million5 time and materials contract for “9 months of continued multi-sensor airborne reconnaissance surveillance system support.” Telford’s own site states that their...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2008 | Biological Weapons, Medical, R&D - Contracted, Small Business, USA, WMD Defenses
Genetic Chemistry, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA received a $6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for “research to develop countermeasures to an intercellular bio threat agent.” Work will be performed in Palo Alto, CA and is expected to be complete by July...
by Joe Katzman | May 1, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Small Business, USA, WMD Defenses
Demron Bodysuit(click to view full) Ever since World War 1, operations in chemical environments have been a standard scenario for many of the world’s armies. With the invention of nerve gas, the risks multiplied further. Its ability to kill on contract required...
