by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Radars, Raytheon, Thales, USA
Sentinel radar(click to view full) The Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. LLC joint venture in Fullerton, CA received a $68.3 million firm-fixed price/ cost-plus fixed fee contract for life cycle support of its AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radars until Dec 31/11. There was...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2008 | Ammunition, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, USA
.50 cal goodness ATK business Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Co. LLC in Independence, MO recently received a pair of firm-fixed-price contracts under DAAA09-99-D-0016 for small arms ammunition from the US government. The Alliant Lake location dates back to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Medical, Other Corporation, USA
Carothers Construction Inc. in Water Valley, MS received a $10.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a diagnostic imaging center radiology oncology clinic at Keesler Air Force Base. This project will provide an elevated one-story steel frame and...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Medical, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Spotlight articles, USA
Purple Heart(click to view full) DID has covered the USA’s Base Realignment and Closure process before, a fairly unique effort whereby a commission draws up a list of bases to be closed, and the Congress must vote yes or no to the entire list. The result is that...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear
Meindl boots(click to enlarge) The dreaded Ankle-height ammunition (“ammo”) boots with nailed soles were worn by generations of British Army soldiers, and as recently as the 1982 Falklands War, British soldiers were still using puttees – strips of...
