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Up to $150M to Help DARPA’s Tactical Tech Programs

Up to $150M to Help DARPA’s Tactical Tech Programs

by | Oct 27, 2011 | Consulting Firms, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Booz Allen, USA

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office has 3 major focus areas. Advanced Platforms does a lot of work in robotics, from load carriers that walk like a dog (LS3) to UAVs designed to stay up for months (Vulture). They also do...
Up to $150M to Help DARPA’s Tactical Tech Programs

Rapid Fire 2011-10-27: F-35 Contractual Terms | France’s Arms Exports

by | Oct 27, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, China, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, France, Fuel & Power, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA

* The Pentagon wants to radically change the terms of the F-35 contract, and have Lockheed Martin pay for problems discovered through testing, and fixes to already-produced aircraft. Suddenly, the Pentagon’s plan to start production before testing is done has a...