Keep 'em runing...(click to view full) At the beginning of FY 2002, Honeywell won a support contract for the USAF's Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). The SCN contract consolidated development, systems engineering, integration and support functions into one contract...
Pearl Harbor Naval Base(click to view larger) Pentagon contracts are sometimes used to execute projects on behalf of other agencies, especially agencies who already have a close relationship with the US military, or when the project site itself is a crossover...
DARPA's VIRAT(click to view full) Updates re: Kitware's win. (Sept 1/10) The proliferation of UAVs and fighters equipped with stabilized, high-magnification video pods and imaging radars has a number of corollary consequences. Bandwidth has become a key battlefield...
* China's FY 2010 defense spending increased 7.5% to $78 billion, says Taiwan defense report. * Up and Down: Wells Fargo upgrades outlook for Raytheon's shares due to significant international sales by the company, while the investment bank downgrades the outlook for...
* French defense industry needs to be rationalized, which includes reducing government funding for defense R&D and encouraging aerospace supplier Safran and defense electronics firm Thales to swap assets, says French defense minister. * President Obama pledges renewed...
* Yellow Sea Exercises: The North Sea Fleet (Beihai Fleet) of the Chinese Navy plans to hold live-ammunition naval exercises, from Sept 1 to 4, in the Yellow Sea, located between the China coast and the Korean peninsula. * Set Them Free: Japanese advisory panel to the...
AGM-154 JSOW, loading(click to view full) The US Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Contracting Department's Philadelphia Office recently awarded a trio of contracts that provide program management and technical support services for the Naval Operational...
Small business qualifier Can't Be Beat Fence & Construction, LLC in Perkinston, MS recently won a $12.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build an addition to the existing Strategic Weapons System Engineering Facility (Building 3334), at Naval Support...
* Try Again: US Army cancels competition for development of the next-generation Ground Combat Vehicle IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) after review by Pentagon acquisition officials; revised rules for a more affordable program expected in 60 days. * 10% Off Everything:...