by Joe Katzman | Jul 18, 2013 | Alliances, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Iraq, IT - General, Legal, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, Radars, Raytheon, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Lessons
The last quarterly report [PDF] from SIGIR (the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction) included an interview with OSC-I (Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq) head Lieutenant General Robert Caslen. Among other things, it provides an interesting breakdown of...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 16, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Robots, USA
TALON & IED(click to view full) Pakistan’s civil war has ebbed somewhat over the last couple of years, but it hasn’t gone away, and Pakistani Taliban guerrillas will eventually return from Syria. Land mines and improvised explosives remain a problem,...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 16, 2013 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Training & Exercises, USA
ITAS on the Firing Range(click to view full) ITAS (improved target acquisition system) was originally designed to provide an advanced fire control system for the TOW anti-armor missile, significantly increasing target detection, acquisition, recognition and engagement...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 10, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Marketing & Advertising, USA
In December 2005, AdAge reported that the U.S. Army had awarded the US government’s largest single ad account to Interpublic Group of Cos. (IPG) McCann Erickson in New York, NY, following a series of on-again, off again account reviews. IPG has held on to the...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 30, 2013 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, India, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat
Talwar class(click to view full) In July 2006, the Indian government announced that Russia would build 3 “stealth warships” for India under a Rs 5114 crore (INR 51.14 billion, then about $1.1 billion) contract signed in New Delhi. The contract actually...
