by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Project Failures, Testing & Evaluation, USA
JASSM with F-16(click to view full) The US Defense Budget has gone to “reconciliation,” during which the US Congress and Senate attempt to take the different defense budgets passed in each body, and reconcile them into one official document for the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Training & Exercises, USA
PC version Team ACTIVE, led by the quasi-private British firm QinetiQ, has won a GBP 7.8 million ($13.7 million) contract to supply a ‘Mission Training through Distributed Simulation’ (MTDS) Capability Concept Demonstrator. Sitting down to execute complex...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Security & Secrecy, Support Functions - Other
Our readers have probably seen more than a few of these around their workplaces. Over at DefenseTech, they have a whole post with links to a veritable rogue’s gallery of ‘trying hard to catch your attention’ posters. Everything from cats, cows,...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2005 | Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, UAVs
Yesterday, DID covered the successful robot cars in DARPA’s Grand Challenge 2005, and the implications for the US military’s future. When we think of aerial UAVs, we don’t usually think of obstacles, navigating terrain, etc. – but it can be...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2005 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Modifications, Field Innovations, Field Reports, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Policy - Doctrine, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
Stryker ICV, Korea(click to view full) The nonpartisan Project On Government Oversight received unexpectedly positive reviews when it spoke to soldiers who served in Strykers and appreciated the vehicles’ capabilities and stealth. Russian analyst Vasiliy...
