by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2005 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Modifications, Field Innovations, Field Reports, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Policy - Doctrine, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
Stryker ICV, Korea(click to view full) The nonpartisan Project On Government Oversight received unexpectedly positive reviews when it spoke to soldiers who served in Strykers and appreciated the vehicles’ capabilities and stealth. Russian analyst Vasiliy...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2005 | Boeing, DARPA, Design Innovations, Events, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, R&D - Private, Robots, Science - Basic Research, T&C - SAIC, USA
Keine Fahrvergnugen The challenge: build a robotic vehicle that can successfully navigate a (132 mile) course across the Mojave Desert in less than 10 hours without human intervention, selecting its route, staying on course, and avoiding a challenging set of obstacles...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2005 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Forces - Strategic, L3 Communications, Nuclear Weapons, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
“Odd, the test logshowed no issues…”(click to view full) In April 2005, L-3 Communicatons subsidiary Interstate Electronics Corp. in Anaheim, CA was placed under criminal investigation for providing faulty parts to the CSEL search and rescue GPS/...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2005 | IT - Cyber-Security, Security & Secrecy, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Trends
Federal Computer Week notes that “Defense and industry officials describe DOD networks as the Achilles’ heel of the powerful U.S. military. Securing military networks is even more critical in an increasingly transformed military in which information is as...
