M119 105mm Sept 21/11: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announces Saudi Arabia's formal request for up to $886 million of equipment to augment the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's existing light artillery capabilities. The Royal Saudi Land Forces already have towed...
Achaogen in San Francisco, CA is working on "preclinical development of novel therapeutics that reduce the virulence of, and inhibit resistance in, Class A Bacterial Pathogens." Achaogen closed a $26 million round of venture financing in October 2006, and they had...
* USAF delays the release of its CVLSP draft RFP, a platform meant to replace its fleet of 62 UH-1Ns with up to 93 helicopters. * The US Army transferred the buying office in charge of the Information Technologies Enterprise Solutions-3 Hardware (ITES-3H) competition...
* Update: The US Senate rejects the continuing resolution bill that the House of Representatives had voted for last night to keep funding the federal government until November 18. It was clear Democrats in the Senate didn't like the bill and a government shutdown is...
GR9 in Afghanistan w.Sniper, Paveways(click to view full) In late Sept 2011, The Washington Times reported on a unreleased U.S. Defense Department study, which had apparently concluded that Taiwan's best response to the threat of massive Chinese missile strikes...
* The 1st USAF CHIRP (Common Hosted Infrared Payload) launches aboard SES SA's Orbital Star 2.4 variant satellite, riding an Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport in French Guiana. It wasn't easy, but this is the 1st time the USAF has hosted a military satellite payload...
In September 2011, General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, AZ won an estimated $64.6 million, 5-year indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Wideband Networking Waveform software in-service maintenance,...
* Harris Corporation opens a 573,000 square-foot plant in Henrietta near Rochester, NY in to consolidate production of tactical radios and other communication systems. About 1,100 people will work there. * DFARS clarification: a Contracting Officer's Representative...
In mid-September 2011, Alutiiq 3SG, LLC in Anchorage, AK received a $289.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award small business contract for "global business support." Alutiiq isn't what most people would call a small...