by Joe Katzman | May 3, 2010 | Australia & S. Pacific, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Spotlight articles, T&C - RAND Corp.
F-22s for Australia?(click to view full) In their October 2006 article, “Rapped in the Raptor: why Australia must have the best,” Australian newspaper The Age reported that: “[Recently] Retired RAAF air vice-marshal Peter Criss has put aside usual...
by Fred Donovan | May 3, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Events, General Dynamics, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, USA
USS Hartford returns(click to view full) Now a single, consolidated contract; estimate is $92.1 million price tag. (April 28/10) On March 20/09, A collision between the improved Los Angeles Class sub USS Hartford [SSN 768], and the amphibious USS New Orleans [LPD-18]...
by Fred Donovan | May 2, 2010 | ATK, China, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Elbit Systems, Events, General Dynamics, Grenades, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - General, New Systems Tech, Non-Lethal Weapons, R&D - Contracted, Russia, UAVs, USA
* US Senate is unlikely to take up the House-passed IMPROVE Act, which would reform the US defense acquisition process. * USAF C-130Hs dispatched to spray dispensants on the growing Gulf of Mexico oil slick, as it approaches critical shorelines. Too little, too late?...
by Joe Katzman | May 2, 2010 | Coastal & Littoral, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic, University-related, USA, UUVs & USVs
RSN project concept(click to view full) The Applied Physics Laboratories at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA received a $120.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity task order contract for up to 657,115 staff hours. Multiple...
