by Fred Donovan | Jan 13, 2010 | ATK, BAE, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Electronics - General, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA
MV-22 Osprey: JATAS Ready?(click to view full) The US Navy is looking to improve protection of Navy and Marine Corps tilt-rotor aircraft and helicopters from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades through development of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 13, 2010 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, IT - Software & Integration, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
B-52H and B-17:only as old as I feel…(click to view full) In June 2009, the US Air Force is replaced Boeing’s existing fleet support contract for the USA’s B-52 heavy bomber fleet, with a 10-year, $750 million firm-fixed-price Engineering Sustainment...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 13, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Booz Allen, T&C - SAIC, UAVs, USA
AF DCGS The US Air Force awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a 5-year $60 million contract to provide network management and mission operations support to the 480th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing. General Dynamics will...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 13, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Food-related, Other Corporation, USA
Lot of mouths to feed(click to view full) Shamrock Foods in Commerce City, CO received a maximum $9.5 million firm fixed price, indefinite-quantity contract modification for full-line food distribution services to US military facilities in Colorado and Wyoming. The...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 12, 2010 | BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, University-related, USA
Sun Tzu The great Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu observed, “If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” This appears to the thinking behind the US Defense Advanced Research Agency’s (DARPA) new...
