by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, USA
Katrina (click to view full) The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division in North Charleston, SC continues to issue contracts related to post-Katrina cleanup at US military facilities. Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Services in...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, USA
Batteries. So many things in the modern soldier’s kit seem to require batteries that their combined weight has started to become an issue. Meanwhile, batteries are necessary to keep many of those high-tech gew-gaws working. Staff America Inc. in Valdese, NC...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Americas - Other, Avionics, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Events, Intelligence & PsyOps, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Project Management, Project Methodologies, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Bye, EP-3 Aries II(click to view full) The Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) is a joint US Army/ US Navy program that would replace three different reconnaissance planes used for signals interception (SIGINT), ground-looking SAR radars, and imagery intelligence (IMINT). The...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Boeing, DARPA, Design Innovations, Force Structure, Industry & Trends, Interoperability, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Procurement Innovations, Project Failures, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, Transformation, UAVs, University-related, USA
X-45 and X-47 J-UCAS(click to view full) The September 2005 issue of Avionics Magazine has an excellent and informative article covering the $4-5 billion X-45/47 J-UCAS program, and the evolution of American UAVs. DID has covered the overall direction of that...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Issues - Political, Policy - Personnel, Policy - Procurement, Soldier's Gear, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Scope & Goggles: $700Saving an eye: Priceless Under a law Congress passed in October 2004, the Defense Department had until Feb. 25, 2005 to develop regulations reimbursing US soldiers for mission-related equipment, which is limited to $1,100 per item. In...
