by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2007 | Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Saudi Arabia, USA
In for upgrades(click to view full) Link 16 is a secure, jam-resistant, digital data link transmitted via radio that allows military aircraft, ships and ground units to exchange their tactical pictures with each other in near real time. Link 16 also supports the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Environmental, Other Corporation, USA
Most people never see services like wastewater management and water distribution. The cost is built into their taxes, or into initial subdivision fees. Military bases have to deal with this, too, and the preference in the USA seems to be moving toward very long-term...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 19, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Hesco, explained(click to view full) It’s a surprisingly simple concept. Why ship walls, concrete, or even concrete barriers, when you can ship collapsible forms that can quickly be filled with sand or dirt by any untrained person? Why use sandbags with their...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 19, 2007 | Alliances, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Policy - Doctrine, Security Contractor, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Blackwater contractors In January 2007, DID asked “Contractors on the Battlefield: Has Their Legal Status Just Changed?” Whether or not their legal status has changed under US military law, one of the world’s largest security contracting firms just...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 19, 2007 | Corporate Innovations, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Procurement, Small Business, Trucks & Transport
Cast away… The USA’s Mine Protected Ambush Resistant (MRAP) vehicle program has received a DX rating from the Pentagon – a rating normally restricted for items like nuclear missile submarines. That rating gives MRAP vehicles supplier priority over...
