Government Procurement Report articles from September 2006

Government Procurement Report archives from September 2006

NASA Underfunded, Space Shuttle Missions Still Risky, Report Says.
September 8, 2006... The U.S. space program is fraught with funding and safety questions, according to a report to Congress by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. NASA, as it attempts to fulfill President Bush's vision of a manned return to the...

Lockheed Aims For $8 Billion Or More NASA Contracts; Keen On Overseas Partners.
September 8, 2006... Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is poised to compete for some $8 billion or more annually in work that NASA will award in coming years, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program, company space business leaders said. On the...

Air Force Sees Some Delays, Cost Growth In GPS Program.
September 8, 2006... The Air Force found that the GPS IIF program has experienced delays caused by several problems. According to the Air Force, they are: *Complexity of the M-Code Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design *The magnitude...

New Raytheon Missile Variant Aces Flight Test.
September 8, 2006... Raytheon Co. [RTN] successfully demonstrated the improved navigation accuracy of a new variant of the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Called HDAM, for HARM destruction of enemy air defense attack module, the new variant adds...

NGA, JFCOM Examine Ways To Improve Tactical Exploitation of Imagery.
September 8, 2006... U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) are exploring how to improve the access of individual marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen to imagery-derived intelligence products and are leveraging...