"Killer Chick"(click to view full) The American Office of the Secretary of Defense sent this on to DID, and we thought we'd pass it on to all of our readers in the Washington area. The American Veteran Center's 10th Annual Conference begins today, and will take place...
By Tim Oren This article is a follow-on to the play-by-play discussion in "DARPA Urban Challenge 2007: George Town Races" that looked at events on the course. This article looks at everything that happened, and is likely to begin happening, outside of it. Looking at...
Afghan Army Mi-17s(click to view full) An Oct 24/07 report in Canada's Globe & Mail claims that: "NATO plans to rent helicopters to resupply front lines and remote bases in southern Afghanistan - an unprecedented move that could reduce ground casualties even as it...
future SSN 777(click to view full) General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation in Groton, CT received a $148 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification with performance incentives, under previously awarded contract N00024-05-C-2103, to exercise an option for continuation...
VIVACE Logo VIVACE(Value Improvement through a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise) is a very large research & technology project funded by the European Commission that was launched in January 2004, grouping 63 companies and research institutions from the...
(click to view full) DID has covered the stealthy AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) cruise missile's key characteristics and development troubles. The February 2006 article "Breakup, Interrupted: JASSM Missile Back on Track" noted its 2006...
A400M concept(click to view full) EADS recently put out a release informing all of its Airbus A400M military transport customers that deliveries of the aircraft are now expected to start 6 months later than initially planned, with a risk of a further slippage of up to...
Katrina 2005(click to view full) Odebrecht Construction Inc. in New Orleans, LA received a $41.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a hurricane protection levee in New Orleans, Loisiana. Work is expected to be complete by Oct. 30, 2008. Bids were...
Sprung structure(click to view full) Aptly-named mall business qualifier Sprung Inc. in West Jordan, UT won an $8.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for sprung structures to be used in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Program. You might think...