DTRA awards IT modernization contract

September 23, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, DTRA, IT, Lockheed Martin, logistics 

Lockheed Martin won an ID/IQ contract to modernize the IT systems at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). If all options on this five year contract are executed it could be worth over $45 M. Like all of these types of contracts there may be none, a little or all work awarded. The long term goal is to unify the existing legacy systems with one, modern one.

See RTTNews.com for the story.

US Navy awards Metal Storm a development contract

Metal Storm is an Australian company that is developing electrically fused, high rate of fire weapons. They utilize ammunition stacked in the barrel that fire very rapidly. To gain very high rates of fire you group a number of barrels together. According to this Metal Storm Inc, an American company using the Metal Storm technology, won a $1 M contract to develop a 12 gauge system for the USMC. Metal Storm has been working for several years to develop these systems, but no nation has bought them. For more on the company see this.