by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2008 | Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies, T&C - Booz Allen, T&C - SAIC, USA
PCAPP Map(click to view full) In May 2006, “US Chemical Demilitarization: Expansion and Update” explained the underlying structure of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency’s programs to safely store and dispose of chemical weapons. The CMA is...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2008 | Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Domestic Security, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, USA
NECD(click to view larger) During the 1960s, the Newport Chemical Depot (NECD) in Indiana produced the nerve agent VX until a unilateral decree halted American (but not Soviet) production and transportation of all chemical weapons. In the aftermath of 9/11, the US...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2008 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Partnerships & Consortia, Satellites & Sensors, Support & Maintenance, T&C - CSC, USA
A team led by ITT Corporation recently announced a 5-7 year contract to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions under NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Space Communications Network Services (SCNS) contract. The contract has a...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Medical, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, University-related, USA
Back from the 70s…(click to view full) One of war’s costs can be found in those who return from battle alive, but maimed. Crude prosthetics have been around for a long time, but they could only restore a semblance of normal function at best. In the last...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 15, 2008 | Forces - Air, Policy - Procurement, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
Despite its staid sounding name, The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC has been anything but staid and diplomatic in its recent series of reports on America’s defense procurement plans. “ABANDON SHIPS: The Costly Illusion of...
