by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2006 | Industry & Trends, Intelligence & PsyOps, People, Policy - Doctrine, Transformation
John Arquilla MIT’s Technology Review interviews John Arquilla, one of the people who pioneered the idea of “The Revolution In Military Affairs” (aka. transformation, network-centric warfare). It notes: “Yet what if the Pentagon’s big...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, IT - General, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
The U.S. Army has selected Signal Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of General Dynamics Network Systems, to receive the first competitively awarded task order under the Total Engineering and Integration Services (TEIS II) indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract....
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2006 | DID site
M1 Abrams: Let’s Roll(click to view full) A March 2006 global tank market report (2006-2016) by Forceast International notes the significant share of global spending covered by upgrades and maintenance agreements for advanced western tanks. The M1 Abrams...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Naval, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
One combat fleet(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems in Bethesda, MD received a $17.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for systems engineering and integration in support of Combat System Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS). SWFTS is...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Budgets, Forces - Marines, Issues - Political, Lobbying
More of these…(click to view full) National Defense Magazine notes that the US Marine Corps is requesting $18.2 billion for 2007, while depending on nearly $10 billion in additional funds from 2006 supplemental appropriations. The 2007 request is up slightly...
