Maxxpro, USNS Pililaau(click to view full) On Dec 19/07, the US Defense Department announced that they expected to reach their goal of 1,500 blast-resistant MRAP vehicles delivered into theater, reaching 1,525 by year's end. Most initial deliveries were handled by...
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$28M for Booz Allen to Analyze USCG Electronic Vulnerabilities
(click to visit) Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. of Herndon, VA received a modified contract for $28 million, in exchange for "survivability and vulnerability technical research and development analysis for U.S. Coast Guard ship, aviation, and Command and Control,...
$27.1M: Because S–t Happens at Ft Detrick
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Baltimore MD has given John C. Gremberg Co., Inc in Rockville, MD a $27.1 million firm-fixed price contract to build a new three level steel and concrete steam sterilization plan that will have the capacity to decontaminate 126,000...
Lexington: US Politics and the Defense Budget
With American elections approaching, questions are being asked in the industry about the potential implications for American defense policy. In January 2007, "The Impact of Recent Political Changes on the Defense Sector" transcribed Loren Thompson of the Lexington...
Toward Simplicity: The 10-Slide Presentation
With presentations a fact of corporate and military life, "Preparing More Powerful Presentations" offers tips that can help presenters improve, and links to additional resources. One way to ensure better presentations is to use shorter presentations, with advance...
New Litter System Next Step in USAF Aeromedical Transformation?
SLS(click to view full) US aeromedical evacuation has changed. Forward-based units or helicopters are still the primary link from the battlefield during the "golden hour" that follows major trauma. Once a patient has been stabilized, however, more advanced care at...
$20M to Caterpillar to SLEP Construction Equipment
Cat 307C Anything that is used, wears out. With civil infrastructure projects in high demand in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, America's military construction equipment is seeing a lot of wear. Combat engineering is a critical competency for...
$6M to Sound and Sea for Underwater Engineering
Small business qualifier Sound & Sea Technology, Inc. in Lynnwood, WA received $5.9 million under a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N62473-06-D-3005) to exercise option year 4 for engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Facilities...
ScanEagle Support Headed to Afghanistan
ScanEagle UAV(click for alternate view) Boeing has had field representatives in theater for a couple of years now to support and operate the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle UAV from ships and ashore, receiving high praise and a fairly regular stream of contracts like this one...

