by Joe Katzman | Apr 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat
LPD-17 cutaway(click for full size) Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems’ (Raytheon IDS) role as a mission systems integrator for the LPD-17 San Antonio Class of amphibious warfare ships took another step forward, thanks to a $12.5 million subcontract from...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Budgets, European Union (EU), Lobbying, New Systems Tech, USA
Authorized by the U.S. Congress since 1980, the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) program is administered by the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Forces - Marines, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
TCOM 32M Aerostat DefenseTech.org reports that the U.S. Marines are beginning to use aerostats (a.k.a. tethered blimps) as communications relays in Iraq. The Marine Airborne Re-Transmission Systems (MARTS), is a TCOM 32M Aerostat that will receive signals from ground...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Events, Intelligence & PsyOps, UAVs
Sending a message For the second time in five months, Hizbollah militants operating an Iranian-made drone successfully penetrated Israel’s air defenses and flew unmolested for nearly nine minutes on April 11 over Western Galilee cities and settlements before...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2005 | Aircraft, Events, Fighters & Attack, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, USA
F/A-22 Raptor(click to view full) According to Lockheed-Martin, an acquisition decision information paper released by the Department of Defense on April 18, 2005 states “The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) [Michael W. Wynne]...
