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Archives by date > 2010 > March > 21st

Rapid Fire 2010-03-22: SATCOM-Related Electronics

Mar 21, 2010 20:41 UTC

  • EADS CEO says the company is looking to buy a medium-sized defense company in the US; last US acquisition was PlantCML.

  • The use of metrology-assisted machining, manufacturing, and assembly is growing in the aerospace sector.

  • Strategy Analytics: Annual market for SATCOM-related electronics to grow from $796 million in 2009 to nearly $2.58 billion in 2020.

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USAF Needs Knowledge, and It Needs It Now

Mar 21, 2010 14:26 UTC

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As the saying goes, knowledge is power. And for one US airman it proved to be the key to carry out a challenging task in a difficult environment – to set up an armory in Baghdad in the months following the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

He had no idea how to begin. So he logged onto the US Air Force Knowledge Now site, an online community for USAF personnel to share information on a wide variety of topics. He sent out an SOS to the community on security forces for help.

Low and behold, he received a reply from a senior master sergeant in the US who had lots of experience setting up armories in the field. The sergeant gave him detailed instructions on how to do it, along with instruction manuals. The airman was able to get the armory up and running quickly.

The Air Force Knowledge Now site was launched in 1999 by the USAF and software developer Triune Group of Dayton, Ohio. Triune recently received a $48.5 million contract to continue to operate and maintain the site…

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Up to $60M to 2 Companies for US Navy/USMC Engineering Service

Mar 21, 2010 12:09 UTC

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The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group in Pasadena, CA (N62470-10-D-2019) and HDR Engineering in Colorado Springs, CO (N62470-10-D-2020) for planning and engineering services at US Navy and US Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities worldwide.

The maximum dollar value, including the base period and 4 option years, of the 2 contracts combined is $60 million.

The two companies will provide project planning documents, cost estimates, planning studies, visioning and scenario workshops/planning, geo-spatial information and services, and other planning and engineering services for construction projects…

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