by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2012 | China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Oshkosh, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Pierce pumper, USAF(click to view full) Oshkosh subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. in Appleton, WI won a maximum $7.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for fire fighting vehicle pumpers, for use by the US Army. The contract will run until Nov 28/12. There were 3...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Fuel & Power, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Medical, Policy - Doctrine, Politics, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Science - Basic Research, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* President Obama’s campaign donors at Lightsquared still have a big problem with GPS interference, according to the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee, and the American FAA. The company didn’t mince words in its...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2012 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Textron, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* J. Michael Gilmor, the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) within the US DoD released his FY2011 report. Among other changes made in recent months, he notes that his organization now has input at the Joint Capabilities Integration Development...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 17, 2012 | Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* The RAND Corporation published a report prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) on what it would take to sustain a competitive military aircraft industry in the US. It comes with plenty of charts on research and procurement spending by contractor...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 16, 2012 | Electronics - General, Field Innovations, R&D - Private, Robots, USA
Military grade robots may have swarmed into war theaters as a US “Army of the Grand Robotic”, but the ingenuity and charity of hobbyists still has a place on America’s front lines. In the 2000s front-line troops started using remote-controlled toys...
