$48M to DRS for OH-58D Mast Mounted Sights

by Joe Katzman | Nov 8, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA

OH-58D over Tal Afar(click to view full) DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems – Optronics Division in Melbourne and Palm Bay, FL recently announced $48 million (36 + 12 million) in orders from U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in...

Race for the Door: Drayson Resigns from UK MoD

by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Events, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Logistics Innovations, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, USA

Baroness Taylor(click to view full) Lord Paul Drayson was an accomplished man when he entered government. The founder of the needle-free vaccination firm PowderJect reaped over GBP 80 million, rose to a seat in the House of Lords, and went from an under secretary...

CEDS Displays for Navy Ships

by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, IT - General, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA

DDG-51 modernization(click to view full) The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, DC has issued a cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price incentive/ firm-fixed-price hybrid, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts for the Phase II development,...

10th Annual American Veteran Center Conference Starting!

by Joe Katzman | Nov 7, 2007 | Conferences & Events, Leadership & People, Memoriam, USA

“Killer Chick”(click to view full) The American Office of the Secretary of Defense sent this on to DID, and we thought we’d pass it on to all of our readers in the Washington area. The American Veteran Center’s 10th Annual Conference begins...

Urban Challenge 2007: A Tech Exec’s Reflections

by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2007 | DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Private, Spotlight articles, Trucks & Transport, USA

By Tim Oren This article is a follow-on to the play-by-play discussion in “DARPA Urban Challenge 2007: George Town Races” that looked at events on the course. This article looks at everything that happened, and is likely to begin happening, outside of it....