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...
* 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...
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 equally...
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...
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...
USNA plebes say: "Thanks for nothing..."(click to view full) Zodiac of North America in Stevensville, MD receives a $10.9 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for 20 - 888 of their 7-person inflatable landing craft. Note that...
* Defense Secretary Leon Panetta describes the 'sequestration' element of the United States' new debt-reduction law as a 'doomsday mechanism' that would result in a dangerous new round of defense cuts. * The UK Opposition maintains the pressure for a reopening of...
Latest updates: Original Pentagon release was in error, omitted key points. M88 & M1: Need a tow?(click to view full) The M88 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Life Evacuation System) tracked armored recovery vehicle is built on a unique chassis...
Before: AH-64A(click to view full) The United Arab Emirates is best known for its city of Dubai, an ultra-modern port city that has become the trading and commercial hub of the Middle East. As a May 2005 article in National Defense Magazine notes, however, it has also...