by Fred Donovan | Jun 29, 2010 | Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* Pentagon acquisition chief Carter issues guidance for “acquisition professionals” to reduce overhead costs associated with the $400 billion per year spent on contracts. * Can We Talk?: In response to the Carter memo, the Aerospace Industries Association...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Security & Secrecy, University-related, USA
Carnegie Mellon has long been one of the USA’s best universities for computer science, and was well known in those circles long before Prof. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture made it more broadly famous around the world. Platforms like Alice are gaining wide...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2010 | BAE, C4ISR, New Systems Tech, Sensors & Guidance, USA
BAE Systems in Arlington, VA received a $49.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an infrared system “that provides a real-time, high-resolution, wide area video persistent surveillance capability that allows joint forces to keep critical areas of...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 29, 2010 | Aircraft, BAE, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Sensors & Guidance, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
APX-117, APX-118 transponders Article closed. Identification friend or foe (IFF) systems enable forces to recognize friendly aircraft, surface vessels, and submarines to avoid inadvertent firing on friendly forces. The technology, in use since World War II, has two...
