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...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 28, 2010 | Airbus, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Equipment - Other, Finmeccanica, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - International, IT - General, Japan, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Textron, Transport & Utility, USA
* Firms gearing up for American “T-X” competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers. * Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets. * 1st test flight for South Korea’s...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 27, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA
* Anosognosia: What does a bank robber who smears lemon juice on his face to defeat video cameras, have to do with Donald Rumsfeld and the management of complex engineering projects? * Pentagon waking up to reality that having interest payments nearly the size of the...
