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AGS: NATO’s Battlefield Eye in the Sky [Alliance Ground Surveillance]

AGS: NATO’s Battlefield Eye in the Sky [Alliance Ground Surveillance]

by | Aug 6, 2014 | Airbus, Alliances, Budgets, C4ISR, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, General Dynamics, Germany, Interoperability, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, Transformation, UAVs, USA

What is it good for?(click to view full) The Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program began in 1995, and it has taken a very long time. Its MoU was late, its contract will be both late and smaller in scope, and it won’t meet even a revised 2012 – 2014...
AGS: NATO’s Battlefield Eye in the Sky [Alliance Ground Surveillance]

Frank Kendall Wants Budget Flexibility He Knows He Won’t Get

by | Aug 6, 2014 | Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Germany, Israel, Legal, Middle East - Other, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Training & Exercises, USA

* US Defense Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall suggested [Defense News] that Congress create a “reserve spending account” that he could tap when programs need additional support without punishing other programs that perform well. He knows that is...