by Joe Katzman | Apr 2, 2014 | Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Domestic Security, Events, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Pre-RFP, Project Failures, Project Management, Project Methodologies, Public Partnering, Scandals & Investigations, USA
CGC Sanibel(click to view full) The USCG wants to buy 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRC), and these Sentinel Class boats are sorely needed by an overstretched US Coast Guard. An attempt to extend the lives of their aged Island Class cutters ended as an expensive failure...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 2, 2014 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation
L115A3 .338(click to view full) Faced with an enemy that has no compunctions about committing war crimes by using human shields, allied armies are discovering that snipers are a critical battlefield asset. Afghanistan is an excellent sniper spot for other reasons as...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2014 | GE, Guest Articles, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, T&C - Big 5 Firms, Textron
by KPMG’s George Odden & Vincent Pavlak In July 2010, Vincent Pavlak, a partner in KPMG LLP’s Transactions & Restructuring service group, contributed an article to Defense Industry Daily, titled, “Lessons from the Automotive Supply Chain:...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2014 | Boeing, Guest Articles, Industry & Trends, Projections & Assessments, T&C - Big 5 Firms
by KPMG’s George Odden & Vincent Pavlak In July 2010, Vincent Pavlak, a partner in KPMG LLP’s Transactions & Restructuring service group, contributed an article to Defense Industry Daily, titled, “Lessons from the Automotive Supply Chain:...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 28, 2014 | Contracts - Awards, Events, General Dynamics, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
USS Miami(click to view full) The nuclear-powered Improved Los Angeles Class (SSN-688i) submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) was ordered in 1983 and built by General Dynamics Electric Boat. She was commissioned in 1990, is homeported in Groton, CT, and was the focus of Tom...
