F414-GE-400 engine(click to see in sections) General Electric Aircraft Engines business group in Lynn, MA received a $321.7 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088), exercising an option for FY 2008 Lot 12 full rate...
FSF-1 Sea Fighter(click to view full) The 262 foot long, 950 ton displacement FSF-1 Sea Fighter experimental ship was once called the X-Craft. It's a high speed, shallow draft catamaran that was built to demonstrate and validate many of the Navy's operational concepts...
Telford's airship Telford Aviation Inc. in Bangor, ME received a $26.4 million5 time and materials contract for "9 months of continued multi-sensor airborne reconnaissance surveillance system support." Telford's own site states that their available government services...
Genetic Chemistry, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA received a $6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for "research to develop countermeasures to an intercellular bio threat agent." Work will be performed in Palo Alto, CA and is expected to be complete by July 28/11. Multiple...
Demron Bodysuit(click to view full) Ever since World War 1, operations in chemical environments have been a standard scenario for many of the world's armies. With the invention of nerve gas, the risks multiplied further. Its ability to kill on contract required...
Cpt. Jones & the Mayorin Karmah, Iraq(click for interview) Twentynine Palms, CA has hosted one of the Marine Corps' most unique assets: battlefield foreign language specialist role players. Iraqis who play D&D? No, Iraqis who can help the Corps simulate life and...
JAS-39N CAP Concept(click to view full) After Dassault's Rafale was disqualified, and EADS' Eurofighter pulled out, the battle to supply Norway's 48 F-16 replacements has come down to a straight shootout between the F-35A Lightning II, and Sweden's upgraded JAS-39N....
Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. in Federal Way, WA won a $7.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to charter the Ponce class self-sustaining, roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) vesselSS Westward Venture, a U.S.-flagged and U.S.-built, contractor-owned ship. The 6-month charter...
Centurion 2 engine(click to view full) On the face of it, Thielert AG of Hamburg appeared to be a well-positioned company, leveraging respected German engineering to modify a Daimler diesel engine for use in aircraft. The ability to use "heavy" fuel offers light...