by Editorial Staff | Sep 13, 2012 | Boeing, Daily Rapid Fire, France, IT - Cyber-Security, People, USA
* The RAND Corporation has a few interesting maps in its review of the US overseas military presence and the related strategic choices. * The latest Crosstalk [PDF] covers how to build resilient cyber ecosystems. * Maintream media coverage of the Palantir vs. DCGS-A...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 12, 2012 | Design Innovations, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research, Sensors - Aquatic, Signals Radio & Wireless, University-related, USA
The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory serves as a U.S. Navy UARC (University Affiliated Research Center) in Defense science and technologies, with a focus in naval missions and related areas. In September 2012, they were awarded a 5-year,...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Logistics Innovations, Missiles - Ballistic, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on the rationale for Performance-Based Logistics (PBL): There are 9 contracts among the services to support [the T700] aircraft engine, plus some DLA contracts. That sounds like someone put together a bunch of contracts without...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 11, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Thales, Transformation, USA
MBITR on 101st in Iraq(click to view full) Tactical radios are one of the quiet lifelines of the battlefield. They can also be be a very quiet pain in the nether regions. After-action reviews by US troops in Iraq have cited lack of compatibility among available...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 11, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, India, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, People, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* With the US Congress back from recess this week, Senator John McCain [R-AZ] released selected quotes from the CEOs of the major primes pointing to the uncertainty and disruption associated with sequestration. Meanwhile the OMB is past its deadline on the report...
