by Joe Katzman | Jun 30, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, China, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Events, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation
K-8, Zimbabwe(click to view full) Burma’s air force relies heavily on Chinese weapons. A handful of Russian MiG-29s will grow to 30 in the wake of a 2009 order, but the rest of its fighter fleet is made up of Chinese MiG-21 (60 J-7s) and MiG-19 (12 J-6 and 36...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 30, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Outer Space, Science - Basic Research, University-related, USA
Bruce Willis missed…(click to view full) Kirkland AFB, NM recently entered into a cooperative effort with the University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii under the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS) multi-year program. PanSTARRS will...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Security & Secrecy, University-related, USA
Carnegie Mellon has long been one of the USA’s best universities for computer science, and was well known in those circles long before Prof. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture made it more broadly famous around the world. Platforms like Alice are gaining wide...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2010 | BAE, C4ISR, New Systems Tech, Sensors & Guidance, USA
BAE Systems in Arlington, VA received a $49.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an infrared system “that provides a real-time, high-resolution, wide area video persistent surveillance capability that allows joint forces to keep critical areas of...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 27, 2010 | Australia & S. Pacific, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement
In the wake of its 2006-2007 defense budget proposal “To Defend Australia” [PDF], the Australian government announced that it would begin a comprehensive review of the country’s defense industrial policy. This is not uncommon in an industry...
