by Fred Donovan | May 31, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Issues - Political, IT - General, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* US to help South Korea plug gaps in naval defense. * UK coalition government announces new defense ministers. * Project H-XBR: Eurocopter, Brazil open Brazilian center of excellence, hold first EC725 test flight. * DoD’s Operationally Responsive Space Office...
by Joe Katzman | May 31, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Special Ops, L3 Communications, New Systems Tech, Soldier's Gear, USA
M4 SOPMOD(click to view full) L-3 Communications subsidiary EOTech, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI received a $25 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, to provide their optical sighting system for U.S. Special Operations...
by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2010 | DID site, Memoriam
Honor & Reflect(click to view cartoon) Monday, May 31st is Memorial Day in the USA. DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service; we will not be publishing. Readers are urged to peruse the US Department of Defense’s...
by Fred Donovan | May 27, 2010 | Asia - Other, BAE, Budgets, C4ISR, Clothing, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Guns - Naval, Issues - International, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, South Korea, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, University-related, USA
* South Korean Navy conducts anti-submarine warfare drills off west coast as tensions run high over North Korea’s sinking of ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class patrol combat corvette. South Korean ambassador to the US ponders the aftermath. [PDF] *...
by Joe Katzman | May 27, 2010 | Guest Articles, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, USA
Sen. Tom Coburn(click to view full) Guest article by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK This memorandum describes what I believe are serious problems in our defense budget and some ideas to address them. I appreciate that some of these thoughts are controversial – even to...
