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MRAP Shipments to Front Pass 5,200 in April 2008

MRAP Shipments to Front Pass 5,200 in April 2008

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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$27.1M: Because S–t Happens at Ft Detrick

$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...

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Lexington: US Politics and the Defense Budget

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...

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Toward Simplicity: The 10-Slide Presentation

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...

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$20M to Caterpillar to SLEP Construction Equipment

$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...

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$6M to Sound and Sea for Underwater Engineering

$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...

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ScanEagle Support Headed to Afghanistan

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...

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