by Joe Katzman | Sep 4, 2012 | Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Security & Secrecy, USA
The May 2008 IEEE spectrum magazine, in “The Hunt for the Kill Switch”: “Feeding those dreams is the Pentagon’s realization that it no longer controls who manufactures the components that go into its increasingly complex systems. A single plane...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, USA
Gyrocam on MRAP(click to view full) Gyrocam Systems, which was acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2009, has supplied a large number of 15″ class gyro-stabilised VOSS(Vehicle Optics Sensor System) surveillance turrets to the US military, mostly for mounting on...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, India, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Other Weapons, Rockets, Russia
Smerch 9K58 firing(click to view full) In February 2006, IANS reported that India had finally signed a $500 million deal with Russia for SPLAV’s Smerch-M BM 9K58 long-range 300mm multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). SMERCH systems will offer a huge capability...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 28, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Explosives, Forces - Marines, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Small Business, USA
Latest updates: FY 2012 order. APOBS The MK7 MOD 2 Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) is used to clear mines or wire obstacles, and create a safe footpath for troops. APOBS can be carried by 2 people, takes 30 to 120 seconds to be set up, and fires a...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2012 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, USA
2007 signing(click to view full) On Sept 5/07, The Australia-United States Treaty on Defense Trade Cooperation was signed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard and US President George W. Bush. The USA and Canada have had a special agreement for several decades,...
