by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Environmental, Other Corporation, USA
In late August 2011, the AECOM/EnSafe joint venture, Resolution Consultants in Virginia Beach, VA won a maximum $200 million cost-plus award-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for comprehensive long-term environmental services...
by [email protected] | Aug 30, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Blimps & LTA Craft, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Conferences & Events, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* Two members of the Commission on Wartime Contracting say that $30 billion-worth of expenditure on contracts and grants in Afghanistan and Iraq have been wasted through poor planning, shifting requirements and negligence. As a result, federal agencies and contractors...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, USA
(click to view full) In late August 2011, General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc. received the Command Hardware Systems-4 contract, as a follow-on to its CHS-3 and CHS-2 work from 1995-2011. Items covered under this maximum 5-year, $3.7 billion contract include rugged local...
by [email protected] | Aug 29, 2011 | ABM, Alliances, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Israel, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Other Weapons, Projections & Assessments, RAFAEL, Russia, Trucks & Transport, Underwater Weapons, USA
* Debate regarding the shape of operations after Libya shifts from a NATO-centric perspective to budget concerns, as the case is made for cutting back on the Army and continued emphasis upon combined Special Operations-Air Power Teams. * A senior official from...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 28, 2011 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, RFPs, Signals Radio & Wireless, Spotlight articles, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Transformation, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA
The US military’s JTRS program began in the late 1990s as an attempt to unify its underlying communications infrastructure. The program was visionary – and very ambitious. Ongoing requirements creep was thrown into the mix, and the resulting delays and...
