by Fred Donovan | Feb 18, 2010 | Lockheed Martin, Oceans - International, Sensors - Aquatic, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
Submarines with improving stealth and attack capability – particularly modern diesel attack submarines – are proliferating worldwide. Locating these relatively inexpensive but extremely quiet boats presents a challenge to the US Navy, then Chief of Naval...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 17, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, Radars, Support Functions - Other, USA
* US DoD to require vendors to meet tougher cybersecurity standards. * Cyberattack simulation highlights infrastructure, leadership gaps. What keeps cybersecurity specialists up at night? * Pentagon cites over 100 cyber breaches at US defense contractors and agencies....
by Fred Donovan | Feb 17, 2010 | Asia - Central, Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Medical, Middle East - Other, Support Functions - Other, USA
Telesurgery using MC4(click to view larger) Using paper medical records in military hospitals and mobile medical units can be impractical at best. Doctors and nurses have to flip through paper-based charts to review patient histories in time-pressure situations that...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 17, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, UAVs, USA
HART system diagram(click to view larger) The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is working with the US Air Force Research Lab and Northrop Grumman to develop a web-based system to autonomously control manned and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Getting...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 16, 2010 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, China, Conferences & Events, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Small Business, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, T&C - CSC, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
* US SPAWAR awards up to $3.2 billion in contracts for DoD C2 software support. * Back from driving LeMans, Lord Drayson picks up his British military reform agenda. * EADS gets new offer from 7 member governments to save the A400M military transport plane program. *...
