by Fred Donovan | Apr 29, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Conferences & Events, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, France, Industry & Trends, IT - General, Leadership & People, Legal, Logistics, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Trucks & Transport, USA
* USMC Gen. James Mattis: “Power Point makes us stupid” – including on the front lines. If you must use it, but don’t want Microsoft to be worth a division or 2 to the enemy, “Preparing More Powerful Presentations” has some tips. *...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 29, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
AccessNet system General Dynamics C4 Systems in Columbia, MD received a ceiling $45.9 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the US Marine Corps Systems Command for life cycle logistics for the AccessNet digital switching system and LongArm...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 28, 2010 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Engineer Units, Europe - Other, France, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Think Tanks, USA, WMD Proliferation
* NATO chief proposes common funding pool for NATO missions and country-specific specialization in major weapon system procurement. * US CSBA rips “flawed logic” [PDF] of USA’s recent nuclear posture review. April 2010 backgrounders also include the...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 28, 2010 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Public Partnering, Satellites & Sensors, USA
(click to visit) Intelsat is a commercial satellite provider, who launches and maintains global coverage for its customers with over 50 satellites. One interesting wrinkle is a program that lets customers pay to host partial or full payloads on Intelsat’s birds,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 28, 2010 | ABM, Delivery & Task Orders, Forces - Marines, Lockheed Martin, Radars, Support Functions - Other, USA
At the twilight’slast gleaming(click to view larger) A $70 million contract for TPS-59 radar maintenance and sustainment. (April 28/10) Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensor in Electronics Park, Syracuse, NY is responsible for developing, maintaining, and...
