Monthly Archives: September 2009
GD Demos Roll-Controlled Guided Mortar
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has announced that it has successfully developed and tested a new approach for low-cost guided mortars called the 120mm Roll-Controlled Guided Mortar (RCGM).
Under a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., General Dynamics successfully tube-launched and guided RCGM prototypes from a M120 120mm [...]
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DefenseLink News Article: Riverines Stand Ready to Roll on Iraq’s Waterways
(Editor’s note: I posted this mostly out of nostalgia — Special Boat Squadron 2, which became Riverine Squadron 2, was my last tour of duty in the Navy.)
Riverines Stand Ready to Roll on Iraq’s Waterways
By Navy 1st Lt. Chris Dunphy
Special to American Forces Press Service
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2009 – The Navy’s [...]
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GD wins Army contract for non-lethal vehicle stopper
General Dynamics Inc., Bothwell, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,274,349 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of a non-lethal portable vehicle immobilization device. Work is to be performed in Moses Lake, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five [...]
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BAE brought in to deal with “vanishing vendors” for F-15 radar warning system
BAE Systems Information and Electronics of Totowa, New Jersey was awarded a $5,963,688 contract which will provide engineering services to resolve obsolete part and vanishing vendor issues with the LRU-3c low band receiver and digital processor, part of the of the AN/ALR-56C radar warning system of the F-15 fighter, and significantly improve the system [...]
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B-52 electronic warfare suite gets $25.7 million in support
The Air Force’s 542nd Combat Sustainment Group, which is responsible for purchasing support for all Air Force electronic warfare systems, has given Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., a $25,739,773 contract to provide electronic warfare engineering services for the B-52H. Northrop built the AN/ALR-46 digital warning receiver for the B-52, whic detects radar [...]
CACI gets $24.5 million task order for Army’s Airborne Intelligence
CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a $24.5 million task order to provide Airborne, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) Ground Station Support to the U.S. Army Product Manager Aerial Common Sensor. The contract, for one base year and two option years, was competitively awarded under the Army’s Strategic Services Sourcing [...]
Temeku Tech gets Navy carrier high-tech “meatball” contract
Temeku Technologies, Inc., a small business in Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $11,768,797 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, fabrication, testing and delivery of a production representative model of a multi-function display (MFD). MFD, a large shipboard display that combines several existing visual landing aid functions into one consolidated presentation, provides a horizon reference [...]
DISA aims for smooth operations across business lines
(The following is excerpted from an interview I recently did for Defense Systems magazine)
With John Garing’s elevation from Defense Information Systems Agency chief information officer to director of strategic planning, Bobbie Stempfley has stepped into the CIO role. While Garing focuses on long-term strategy and developing program objectives within DISA’s budget, Stempfley has taken on [...]
China’s military power takes ‘quantum leap’, according to China’s defense minister
In a bit of boosterism, speaking to China’s Xinhua news agency, China’s defense minister Liang Guanglie said that China’s military has ‘taken a quantum leap’ in its warfighting capabilities as a result of investments in defense technology. “It could be said that China has basically all the kinds of equipment possessed by Western [...]
Trick or treat–Army wants Shadow UAV retrofits for Halloween