off-the-shelf procurement
21Saturn (rocket family) — The Saturn family of rockets were developed by a team of mostly German rocket scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. Originally proposed as a military satellite launcher, they were adopted as the… …
22Berry Amendment — The Berry Amendment (USC, Title 10, Section 2533a), requires the Department of Defense to give preference in procurement to domestically produced, manufactured, or home grown products, most notably food, clothing, fabrics, and specialty metals.… …
23Offset agreement — Defense offset agreements are legal trade practices in the aerospace and military industries. These commercial practices do not need state regulations but, since the purchasers are mostly military departments of sovereign nations comparable to… …
24Government contract — Contracting with the U.S. Government is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting andcan be very profitable, but is sufficiently different from commercial contracting to require special care.Persons entering into commercial… …
25Defence Science and Technology Agency — Agency overview Formed March 15, 2000 (2000 03 15) …
26Mobile ticketing — Part of a series on Electronic commerce Online goods and services Streaming media Electronic books Softwar …
27M247 Sergeant York — Type Self propelled antiaircraft gun Place of origin …
28Virginia class submarine — USS Virginia Class overview Name: Virginia Builders …
29Collins class submarine — HMAS Rankin, sixth submarine of the Collins class, underway in 2006 Class overview Builders: Australian Submarine Corporatio …
30New Fighter Aircraft program — A Canadian CF 18, winner of the NFA program, flies off the coast of Hawaii The New Fighter Aircraft (NFA) was a Canadian Forces program in the late 1970s to select a single new fighter aircraft to replace the fleet of CF 101 Voodoo interceptors,… …
