Posts Tagged ‘contracts – awards’
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle 2010-07/08
(c) DJ Elliott (click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. Visit link: Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle 2010-07/08
$30M in University Research Dollars Available via SPAWAR Atlantic
US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in Charleston, SC recently issued cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery /indefinite-quantity, multiple award contracts to 7 universities, who will compete for task orders. Up to $30 million may be requested over the base year and 5 option years, in exchange for ”...technical and [...]
Mk47 Striker40: GD’s Auto-Programmed 40mm GMG
MK47 Striker40 (click to view full) 40mm grenade machine guns (GMGs) like the Mk19 are extremely effective weapons against lightly protected opponents, offering fast firepower overmatch against superior numbers. This has made them an increasingly popular choice on the front lines. See the original post: Mk47 Striker40: GD’s Auto-Programmed [...]
GMLRS Rockets: FRP-V Orders
M270 firing M30 GMLRS (click to view full) Recent wars have brought a new technology to the fore: precision artillery fire offers an alternative to air support that has a shorter reach, with very considerable throw-weight and repeatable fire, plus 100% persistence and availability in any weather. GMLRS is a highly accurate GPS-guided rocket that [...]
Seaport-e: FY 2010 Additions
Seaport-Enhanced (Seaport-e) is a $5.3 billion multiple-award umbrella contract that let the US Navy and Marine Corps use an integrated approach to contracting for support services. Most requests involve engineering, financial, and program management support Read more from the original source: Seaport-e: FY 2010 Additions
USNS Patuxent T-AO Oiler Goes in For Maintenance
USNS Patuxent (click to view full) Oilers do what their name suggests: provide fuel to Navy ships at sea, and jet fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. They’re often overlooked, or considered secondary, but the truth is that the number, quality, and capacity of a fleet’s oilers determines its ability to deploy on distant [...]
Funds to Boeing, NGC to Advance UAV Aerial Refueling
2007 AAR experiment (click to view full) X-47 involvement; Tests; DARPA/NASA’s KQ-X will use UAVs on both ends. (June 30/10) Quick question: what’s the biggest limiting factor in today’s aircraft? Original post: Funds to Boeing, NGC to Advance UAV Aerial Refueling
Rapid Fire: 2010-06-29
Firms gearing up for American “T-X” competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets . 1st test flight for South Korea’s “Surion” utility helicopter . New ground control bases decided for USAF’s [...]
15 17s in 09, 8 in 10 = 213
Reinforcements coming (click to view full) In May 2008, “ C-17A, F-22A May Get Reprieves from Congress ” noted that the US House Armed Services Air & Land Forces subcommittee had recommended $3.9 billion to buy 15 Boeing C-17 cargo aircraft in FY 2009, a recommendation that was accepted and eventually became part of the FY 2009 budget. [...]
Britain Prepares to Modernize Its Puma Helicopters
Puma HC1 (click to view full) Don’t forget the simulation and training component… (June 16/10) Back in August 2006, “ Britain to Privatize Battlefield Support Helicopters?!? ” discussed one of the most unusual public-private proposals we’ve ever seen. The question before the Ministry of Defense was how to replace [...]
