by Fred Donovan | Oct 5, 2010 | ABM, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Field Reports, Fuel & Power, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Environmental, L3 Communications, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Navistar, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Trends, WMD Detection
* Changing the Rules: The UK government plans to rewrite the rules governing defense contracts. * Mexico’s “Blog Del Narco” has stepped into a media void as the go-to publication for Cartel War reporting, used as a source – and a tool. Welcome...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 5, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Transformation, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) Local US military surveillance/strike capabilities have been growing with SecDef Robert Gates’ strong support for more attention to the needs of the counterinsurgency fight. Surveillance is part of that, but it needs to be...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 4, 2010 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Biological Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Defenses, WMD Proliferation
* DARPA’s Prophecy project looks to stay a step ahead of virus evolution, something with strong public health relevance as well as defensive military uses. That’s good, because the US State Department’s new arms control compliance report shows that...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 4, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, Helicopters & Rotary, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, United Technologies, USA
CH-53E with Humvee(click to view full) The Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received an $118.9 million firm-fixed-price requirements contract modification, to provide spare parts and support for components of the H-53 helicopter. Work will be performed in...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 4, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Northrop-Grumman, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
USS Seawolf [SSN 21]into Guam(click to view full) On Oct 1/10, the Pentagon announced a $102.7 million contract modification to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. in Newport News, VA to support the US nuclear submarine fleet, from the SSN fast attack boats of the...
