by Joe Katzman | Jul 30, 2008 | Engineer Units, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
Those government maps have to come from somewhere. Psomas and Associates, in Costa Mesa, CA have received a maximum $7.5 million firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity to perform surveying and mapping for Naval Facilities Engineering Command...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 29, 2008 | Chemical Weapons, Contracts - Awards, Medical, USA, WMD Defenses
Meridian Medical Technologies Inc. in Columbia, MD received a maximum $49.1 million firm fixed price contract for nerve agent antidotes, morphine and related medical services and supplies. Work will be performed in Columbia, MD and in Missouri on behalf of the US...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2008 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Soldier's Gear, Transformation
Spanish soldier: now(click to view full) In September 2006, EADS Defence & Security Systems Spain received a EUR 24.5 million contract for the system design and development of the “COMbatiente FUTuro” (COMFUT) program. EADS-DS Spain will lead a group...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2008 | Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Contracts - Awards, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, USA, WMD Defenses
How do you train militaries and public agencies for the challenges and scale of nuclear, chemical, or biological (NBC) attacks or outbreaks, without creating unacceptable levels of disruption in society’s daily workings during the exercise? The US military has...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 27, 2008 | Design Innovations, Events, Field Innovations, Guns - Personal Weapons, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Medical, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Project Successes, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Signals Radio & Wireless, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Trends
Militaries tend to reflect their national cultures in various ways, and Americans have always been inveterate tinkerers and inventors. It’s a streak that runs deep in the culture, as even a casual glance at America’s late night TV will confirm. Cases in...
