by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Britain/U.K., China, Design Innovations, European Union (EU), Events, Forces - Space, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Satellites & Sensors
TopSat Concept(click to view full) TopSat is a low cost, high capability micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led consortium of British companies. After some initial launch delays, it was successfully launched on October 27, 2005 from the Plesetsk launch...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Alliances, Budgets, European Union (EU), Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Think Tanks
The EU’s European Defense Agency (EDA) has an ambitious agenda to rationalize Europe’s defense industry and open up arms procurement, even as observers note Europe’s steadily-declining military capabilities that are trending toward a crisis point of...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Ammunition, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Project Successes, Singapore
SLWH Pegasus The 155mm/39-cal Singapore Light Weight Howitzer (SLWH) Pegasus was commissioned by Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean on Oct 28, 2005 [fact sheet | video]. Its combination of 155mm firepower, powered mobility, and single-helicopter portability makes it...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, IT - Software & Integration, UAVs, USA
X-45C UCAS COTS Journal reports that Boeing has selected the Aonix PERC Java J2SE-based, real-time embedded Virtual Machine (VM) for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems’ (J-UCAS) X-45C program. The multi-billion dollar J-UCAS program is a joint Defense...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Events, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, T&C - IBM, USA
Blue Gene/L: Scaling Up(click to view full) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is now home to two of the most powerful computers on the planet: the ASC Purple supercomputer, and the Blue Gene/L. After three years in development and time running scaled-down...
