by Fred Donovan | Dec 7, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Radars, Submarines, USA
Virginia Block III bow mods(click to view full) Sperry Marine, a Charlottesville, VA-based unit of Northrop Grumman, received a $20.9 million firm-fixed-price contract (N00024-09-C-5304) to supply AN/BPS-16(v)5 navigation radar systems for 8 US Navy Virginia-class...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 6, 2009 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
Trident II D5 Test Launch(click to view full) The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA received 2 contract modifications worth a combined $243 million to provide engineering support and repair services for the Trident II D5 guidance system. The Trident II...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 6, 2009 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Sensors - Aquatic, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Underwater Weapons, USA
Dolphin with mine marker(click to view larger) Just as the dog’s keen sense of smell makes it well suited to detect land mines, so the US Navy has found that the biological sonar of dolphins, called echolocation, makes them effective at locating and marking sea...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 6, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Marines, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Marines showin’ some LAV(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, NY received a firm-fixed-price contract, worth up to $32.3 million, to retrofit 52 Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control (LAV-C2) vehicles with improved...
