by Joe Katzman | Jan 25, 2010 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Materials Innovations, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Rumours, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* EMB-314 Super Tucano turboprops for Indonesia? How about Britain? * Human Terrain System intel program, rebooted. * UAE doubles down on Italian Commandanti Class variant corvettes. Original $117 million order for 2 placed during IDEX 2009. * USAF announces shift in...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 25, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, USA
USNS Gordon [T-AKR 296](click to view full) US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan rely on the timely delivery of supplies and equipment to carry out their missions. One of the primary movers of heavy military equipment to that area of the world is the large medium-speed...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 25, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, IT - General, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, T&C - CSC, T&C - EDS, T&C - IBM, T&C - SAIC, USA
Delicate operation(click to view full) When you think of military healthcare, you might picture MASH doctors performing surgery on wounded soldiers. Or you might picture a US soldier injured by an IED being rehabilitated in a hospital state-side. You probably...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 25, 2010 | Asia - Central, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
US military commanders in the field want information and they want it now. The more information they can gather on enemy positions and movement, and the faster they can get it, the more chance of success they will have. But there are so many information sources...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 25, 2010 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Field Reports, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, USA
GR7s & Eurofighter(click to view full) Close air support remains an especially live issue on the modern battlefield, and it is once again affecting procurement discussions in Britain. “Field Report: British British GR7 Harrier IIs in Afghanistan”...
