$24M to L-3 for M762A1 Electronic Time Fuze

by Fred Donovan | Apr 8, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, L3 Communications, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA

M762A1 electronic time fuze L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems in Cincinnati, OH received a $24.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply M762A1 electronic time fuzes [pdf]. The fuze is used on all 105mm and 155mm artillery-delivered cargo, smoke, and illumination...

Rapid Fire 2010-04-08: Radios for Australia

by Fred Donovan | Apr 7, 2010 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Other Corporation, RFPs, Rumours, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility

* Russia signs military base agreement with former Georgian republic of South Ossetia, following earlier pact with Abkhazia. RIA Novosti | Voice of Russia * “Taliban would think twice if they see one of [the Leopard 2] tanks coming,” says Hellmut...

MAR to Operate, Maintain US Navy’s M/V Independence Research Ship

by Fred Donovan | Apr 7, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Sensors - Aquatic, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other, USA

US Navy’s M/V Independence(click to view larger) MAR Inc., a Rockville, MD-based small business qualifier, received a maximum $30 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for operation, maintenance, and repair of the US...

NCI Gets $83.7M Order To Help With BRAC-mandated C4I/IT Move to Fort Meade

by Fred Donovan | Apr 7, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, IT - General, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA

NCI gets go-ahead after protest is withdrawn. (April 7/10) NCI in Reston, VA received a single-award task order to support the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and...

Rapid Fire: 2010-04-07 – Afghan Focus

by Fred Donovan | Apr 6, 2010 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Electronics - General, Explosives, Force Structure, GPS Infrastructure, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, USA

* Center for Naval Analysis: US Navy’s decline reaching a tipping point? * Chinese hackers gain access to classified documents in India’s Defense Ministry, Canadian think tank finds. Report | New York Times | Bloomberg | India Express * Feeling Irregular?:...