by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, ECM, Field Innovations, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA
* Boeing and Airbus submits KC-X aerial tanker bids, as World Trade Organization delays ruling on EU complaint against Boeing. * France’s ONERA lab thinks they have a revolution in coastal surveillance radar design (incl. video), with 80% effectiveness out to...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, USA
(click to view full) Guest Article by Lou Crenshaw, Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (ret.) After a sustained period of sizable increases, growth in the DoD budget is expected to slow considerably starting in 2011. Defense discretionary spending is likely to be constrained by...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Americas - Other, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Air, Other Corporation, USA
New USAF ABU(click to view full) In March 2006, “Fractal Creep: New Digitized Camo Uniforms for USAF, USN, Jordan” looked at some of the new fractal camouflage patterns emerging on the market, and the some of the design decisions behind the uniforms...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Small Business, USA
US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in Charleston, SC recently awarded an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple-award contract for telephony and telecommunications system maintenance and support throughout the contiguous...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Policy - Doctrine, Support Functions - Other, USA
Afghan commando trainees(click to view full) If the allied strategy in Afghanistan really rests on the eventual ability of their central government to handle the lion’s share of the campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, its government will have to be able...
