by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2011 | Design Innovations, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, USA
In August 2011, Energy Focus, Inc. in Solon, OH received a $23.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and manufacture “energy efficient, solid state lighting for general illumination on Navy ships to upgrade all the legacy lighting systems with new energy...
by [email protected] | Aug 8, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Domestic Security, European Union (EU), Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, USA
* As politicians send condolences to families of servicemen killed in the CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash, consideration is given to the development of countermeasures to protect military aircraft from low-tech weapons. * An internal audit of Ferrostal by...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2011 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, USA
Lockheed HAA Concept(click to view full) DARPA’s ISIS program is developing a stratospheric airship with sensor antennas that will include a radar nearly as large as the airship. This would create a battlefield surveillance platform with extreme endurance, and...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2011 | Asia - Central, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Events, Other Corporation, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., USA
SOTECH(click to view full) In August 2011, Special Operations Technology, Inc. in Annapolis Junction, MD receives a $79.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification “to install, operate, and maintain the lawful intercept equipment and support equipment at...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Eng. Control Systems, Other Corporation, Submarines, USA
Treadwell AEOG(click for details) Submarines travel underwater, but they all need oxygen. Diesel-electric submarines need it for their engines, and must surface to get it, though modern AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) systems allow moderate power cruising for weeks...
