by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Events, Force Structure, Issues - Political, USA
The Official BRAC List has been released and Jeff Quinton is putting it into HTML form, instead of PDF/Acrobat. Under the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) process, the Secretary of Defense makes recommendations to a commission, nominated by the President, confirmed...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Project Failures, R&D - Private, Scandals & Investigations, Transport & Utility, USA
RAF C-130J(click to view full) Bowing to bipartisan pressure from Senators, Congress, and Governors, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has decided to continue with the oft-criticized C-130J Hercules transport aircraft program rather than ending the 5-year,...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Forces - Special Ops, Interoperability, Military Overall, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Transformation, USA
USFJCOM U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently delegated technology transfer authority to U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), allowing it to share technology with academia and industry for the purpose of research and development. While USJFCOM is not a...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Land, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Procurement Innovations, Project Failures, Project Management, Project Methodologies, T&C - Microsoft, USA
ProSight(click to expand) The Army Small Computer Program spent $5 million to purchase 5,000 licenses of ProSight Portfolios and ProSight Fast Track software on April 21, 2005, in order to help implement project portfolio management servicewide. ProSight is compatible...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2005 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Protective Systems - Aircraft, T&C - RAND Corp., USA
BAE Systems has been granted US$45 million by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to build and test laser based prototypes of missile defense systems for commercial airplanes against shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Meanwhile, successor legislation to bill...
