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Gates Lays Out Key FY 2010 Budget Recommendations

Gates Lays Out Key FY 2010 Budget Recommendations

by | Apr 6, 2009 | ABM, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lobbying, Medical, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Lessons

Gates & Cartwright(click to view full) On April 6/09, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates did something unusual: he convened a press conference to announce key budget recommendations in advance. That’s a substantial departure from normal procedure, in...
Gates Lays Out Key FY 2010 Budget Recommendations

SIMCLAIRS: A European Lightweight UAV Radar Tech

by | Apr 6, 2009 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Radars, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Thales, UAVs

Thales I-Master(click to view full) As UAVs begin to take on a wider array of battlefield roles, the ability to carry radars for situational awareness, detection, and targeting will become more and more important. Radars are also important to UAVs’ current...