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Rapid Fire: 2010-06-17
Jun 16, 2010 20:12 UTC
Critics question the timing of the NY Times story on Afghanistan's potential $1 trillion in mineral wealth – and the course of the war – but not the story's facts. The Times' James Risen defends his story, and says he's been on it for some time now thanks to contacts in the geological survey teams.
CSC gets SeaPort-E order worth up to $135 million to support Navy's PEO Aircraft Carriers, which is responsible for managing the design, development, construction, modernization, and lifecycle of US Navy aircraft carriers.
BAE signs a deal to use Iveco's SUPERAV 8×8 amphibious wheeled APC as the basis for the US Marines' upcoming MPC competition. That doesn't look like good news for BAE's own SEP; Patria Oyj & Lockheed announced an AMV MPC entry in 2007…
India's Samay Live reports tough conditions attached to use of Pakistan's new F-16s…
LOGIR guided 70mm rocket test goes well, moving the USN/ROK effort closer to joining a crowding field of offerings.
SAIC snags follow-on contract worth up to $49 million to support video processing capability of USAF DCGS, a globally networked ISR system.
Russia moves to keep up, with new President-S helicopter active protection system to defeat portable anti-aircraft missiles. Irony alert: most of the missiles likely to threaten Russian helicopters these days are Russian designs.
Environmental Tectonics wins $38 million contract to supply 4 USAF research altitude chambers to study pilots' reactions to high-altitude flight.
Up to $16.6 million to IntelliScience to supply digital imagery analysis systems to Defense Threat Reduction Agency for WMD detection.
Honeywell gets $4.6 million US Army contract to develop micro-grid technology to provide power in remote locations and improve efficiency of existing generators.