by Joe Katzman | Jul 14, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Forces - Special Ops, General Dynamics, L3 Communications, Logistics, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Trucks & Transport, USA
US Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) has been extremely busy since Sept 11/01. That is creating corresponding demands on their support infrastructure, much of which is contracted. SOCOM is famous for having a practical, results-oriented, “get it done...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2011 | Ammunition, ATK, Contracts - Modifications, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA’s new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army’s M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2011 | Force Structure, Guest Articles, Iraq, Policy - Procurement
IA line battalions,July 2011(click to view full) Guest Article by DJ Elliott Recently, I saw a comment that claimed the Iraqi Army (IA) is the best Arab army in the Mid-East. That it had been trained by the US in Corps- and Division- level operations, and thus was...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2011 | Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Sensors - Aquatic, USA, UUVs & USVs
Slocum Glider(click to view full) Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, AL recently received approval from the U.S. Navy to move into the Full Rate Production (FRP) Phase on the underwater Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) Program. The first Full...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2011 | Logistics, Other Corporation, USA
U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, IL provides more than just airlift services. For heavier items, sealift is more economical, and can even be faster given required sortie rates for very large shipments. Hence the USA’s Regional Domestic...
