by Joe Katzman | Nov 8, 2011 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
* We wish there were more elected officials like Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC-3], who has spent 10 years trying to clear the names of 2 pilots involved in a fatal MV-22 Osprey crash. Why didn’t H.Res. 698 (111th) get out of committee? * RAND Corporation analyzed the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, USA
CSEL Handset Bren-Tronics Inc. in Commack, NY recently received a sole source 5-year, $23.1 million fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, contract from the US Army, for AN/PRQ-7 Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2011 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Environmental, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Intelligence & PsyOps, Israel, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Private, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
* The US DoD acquisition office hosted the 1st Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference last week. Among the material presented there, we recommend this overview [PDF] of Open Systems Architectures (OSA) and data rights. “Data rights are rights granted to the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2011 | DARPA, Design Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Science - Basic Research, Support Functions - Other, T&C - IBM, T&C - SRI, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Johnny 5(click to view full) It’s 2020. A US soldier sits down with a village sheikh, with an unusual robot in tow. The sheikh greets him courteously, respectfully, in flowing Arabic. At the appropriate time, the robot offers the same speech in English. The...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2011 | Delivery & Task Orders, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA
EA-6B flypast(click to view full) United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT recently received a $16.6 million firm-fixed-price order to repair 13 line items used on the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare fighter’s J-52/JT-8A turbojet...
