by Fred Donovan | Jan 9, 2015 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, USA
Networking the Navy(click to view full) The US Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program is designed to streamline and update shipboard networks to improve interoperability across the fleet. It will replace 5 shipboard legacy...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 28, 2013 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
Private Vehicle Storage(click to view larger) When a military family is moved abroad, what happens to their cars? That just one of the private vehicle dilemmas confronting the US military on a regular basis, as approximately 650,000 service members, family members,...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 22, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, FOCUS Articles, Intelligence & PsyOps, L3 Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, USA
“Lend me your ears”(click to view full) The US military has come to rely more and more on contractors to provide linguist services to function effectively in non-English speaking regions. The need for these services is particularly acute in the Middle East...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 15, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, T&C - SAIC, USA
THz flow(click to view full) In 2009, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began awarding contracts for innovative research proposals under its Terahertz (THz) Electronics Program. Readers will probably be asking the same question that crossed our...
by Fred Donovan | Jul 23, 2013 | Contracts - Modifications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Satellites & Sensors, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA
DMSP: points of light(click to view full) Military commanders have always been subject to the whims of mother nature. Napoleon’s attempt to take Moscow stalled in the bitter cold and snow of the Russian winter. The D-Day invasion was postponed because of a poor...