Dextre: part of ISS(click to view full) Alliant Techsystems announced today that it has negotiated definitive agreements with Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to acquire its Information Systems and Geospatial Information Services businesses for...
The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest in San Diego, CA has awarded a number of firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contracts for commercial and institutional building construction at various locations...
T-AOE-6 & CG-72(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems-Marine Systems in Sunnyvale, CA received a $20.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and produce replacement gears for the propulsion system in the Navy's 4 T-AOE 6-class fast combat...
TOW-2A cutaway(click to view full) The TOW 2A is an improved version of the original Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided missile that's designed for "bunker busting" attacks on fortifications, bunkers and urban structures. It can also defeat reactive armor if...
(click to view full) Over the Christmas holidays, the NY Times ran an interesting story that talked about experts and innovation - especially the paradox that more experts can produce less innovation. The results of the following experiment may provide a clue, and...
Readers may note a slight slowdown in publication; the widespread storms that have hit the US West Coast have left our critical Silicon Valley office without power. Publication is continuing at a slower pace until power is restored.
F/A-18C: testing(click to view full) Jacobs Technology, Inc. in Tullahoma, TN won a $197.9 million cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for the services and materials necessary to support the analysis, design, development, test, integration, deployment, and...
MBDA Meteor(click to view full) As part of its Defense Industrial Strategy, the UK looked at the missile sector in 2007 and concluded that a 50% reduction in "complex weapons" funding was expected over the next 5 years. In response, they set up a joint MOD-industry...
Marine w. M16A4(click to view full) The US Army has run into controversy over its plan to replace its existing rifles with M4 carbines, without competition, and despite recent test results that show significant improvements from other 5.56mm weapons and even an M4...