by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, IT - Software & Integration, UAVs, USA
X-45C UCAS COTS Journal reports that Boeing has selected the Aonix PERC Java J2SE-based, real-time embedded Virtual Machine (VM) for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems’ (J-UCAS) X-45C program. The multi-billion dollar J-UCAS program is a joint Defense...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Events, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, T&C - IBM, USA
Blue Gene/L: Scaling Up(click to view full) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is now home to two of the most powerful computers on the planet: the ASC Purple supercomputer, and the Blue Gene/L. After three years in development and time running scaled-down...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Political, Official Reports, USA
Future turf battles between the US Director of National Intelligence bureaucratic layer and the US Department of Defense, which has seen its intelligence functions broaden during the War on Terror, seem likely. Given that fact, and the linkage between the key...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation
GE F404 General Electric Co. Aircraft Engines Business Group in Lynn, MA received a $6.5 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-99-C-1175) for the purchase of two F404-GE-402 engines for the government of Switzerland under the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2005 | Field Innovations, Forces - Naval, Fuel & Power, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech
The answer, my friend… Despite coverage of events like the installation of wind power at Guantanamo Bay, most people don’t automatically associate the US Navy with energy conservation. Yet the US Navy scores well above federal agencies in its research and...
