Dick Pacific Construction Co. Ltd. in Honolulu, HI won a $24.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for Drum Road upgrade Phase I. Work will be performed in Oahu, HI and is expected to be complete by Sept. 2, 2009. There were five bids solicited on Aug. 18, 2005, and...
Happier days(click to view full) Our February 22, 2006 article “Is The End Near for the USS JFK?” describes the shifts on Capitol Hill that could leave the USA with one fewer carrier, but the process has been frustrating for all concerned. Likewise, the...
IL-78MK with SU-30MKIs(click to expand) India Defence notes India’s Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi’s recent remarks that Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to acquire more advanced fighters, sophisticated defence systems and smart long-range weapons, as the...
Ammo turbulence(click to view full) The ability to use open-source operating systems like Linux with “clusters” of computing hardware that include many commodity components has really changed the supercomputing landscape. Complex physics-based problems...
Keep ’em shooting(click to view full) The Associated Press reports that Center Industries Corp. in Wichita, KS received a contract extension that calls for the production of 980,000 more ammunition magazines for the M16 rifle and M4A1 carbine. More than 80 of...
