by Joe Katzman | May 15, 2008 | Industry & Trends, Policy - Personnel, Sharpen yourself, T&C - Booz Allen
by Art Fritzson, Lloyd W. Howell Jr., and Dov S. Zakheim The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) took an unprecedented step on May 15, 2007, blocking troop access to MySpace, YouTube, and other popular Web sites. The official reason was to conserve bandwidth and...
by Joe Katzman | May 15, 2008 | Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
M1152 HMMWV(click to view full) AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on May 13, 2008, a $187.75 million firm-fixed price contract for 1,470 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (Hummers). Work will be performed at Mishawaka, IN and is expected to be...
by Joe Katzman | May 15, 2008 | Domestic Security, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, USA
SV2 Vest Protective Apparel Corp. of America in Jacksboro, TN received a $13.5 million firm-fixed price delivery order for body armor. This is an off GSA contract for the Government of Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior security forces. Work will be performed at...
by Joe Katzman | May 15, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
CVN 74 into Pearl(click to see in sections) Naval Base Kitsap in Washington State is mostly known as a submarine base; it hosts a majority of the USA’s Ohio Class SSBN nuclear missile subs, all 3 of its most advanced SSN Seawolf Class fast attack subs, and 2...
by Joe Katzman | May 14, 2008 | Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Modifications, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Maintenance(click to view full) Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd. in Middlesex, England make the rocket-boosted pilot seats used to get pilots out of their planes quickly, away from lethal impacts with a tail or wing, and if necessary, to a safe altitude for parachute...
