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...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | ABM, Conferences & Events, Lobbying, Scandals & Investigations, USA
(click to view full) The stated mission of the Missile Defense Agency is to field a layered missile defense system that integrates land, sea, and air-based missile defenses to protect the U.S. homeland, deployed troops, and America’s friends and allies. They...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN 77: Men at work(click to view full) DID reader Lee Wahler points us to a pair of interesting articles. WorkBoat.com has a piece called “Boatyard Boom”: “Everything indicates that the shipyard industry is on the leading edge of a boom,” said...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S: Flying low The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reports that New Haven, Connecticut WTNH News Channel 8 reporter Alan Cohn made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on March 4, 2004 to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for Corrective...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
AN/AAR-47 Components The AN/AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) is a passive missile approach warning system consisting of four sensor assemblies housed in two or more sensor domes, a central processing unit, and a control indicator. Deployed on helicopters...
