Market & firms(click to view larger) Analyst firm Documental Solutions specializes in developing comprehensive bottom-up databases for the defense and aerospace industry, coupled with interactive on-line analysis software. In May 2007, "Documental Estimates European...
In May of 1998, technical and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, VA received a $199.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to establish and operate the US military's Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center. This contract had a 3-year base...
HMNZS Te Kaha Beginning in 1989, New Zealand and Australia introduced the ANZAC Class frigates, based on Blohm + Voss' Meko 200 modular design. A total of 10 were built, 8 for Australia and another 2 for New Zealand; HMNZS Te Kaha [F77] was commissioned in 1997, and...
by Art Fritzson, Lloyd W. Howell Jr., and Dov S. Zakheim The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) took an unprecedented step on May 15, 2007, blocking troop access to MySpace, YouTube, and other popular Web sites. The official reason was to conserve bandwidth and...
M1152 HMMWV(click to view full) AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on May 13, 2008, a $187.75 million firm-fixed price contract for 1,470 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (Hummers). Work will be performed at Mishawaka, IN and is expected to be...
SV2 Vest Protective Apparel Corp. of America in Jacksboro, TN received a $13.5 million firm-fixed price delivery order for body armor. This is an off GSA contract for the Government of Iraq's Ministry of the Interior security forces. Work will be performed at...
CVN 74 into Pearl(click to see in sections) Naval Base Kitsap in Washington State is mostly known as a submarine base; it hosts a majority of the USA's Ohio Class SSBN nuclear missile subs, all 3 of its most advanced SSN Seawolf Class fast attack subs, and 2 SSGN...
Maintenance(click to view full) Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd. in Middlesex, England make the rocket-boosted pilot seats used to get pilots out of their planes quickly, away from lethal impacts with a tail or wing, and if necessary, to a safe altitude for parachute...
EA-6B launches HARM(click to view full) Raytheon Government & Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received an $8.9 million modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-03-D-0009). It exercises an option for depot level...