by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 30, 2004 | Industry & Trends, People, USA
U.S. companies are aggressively hiring people with military experience, even creating special recruiting and training programs. Vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, including those with physical disabilities, are finding very receptive potential employers....
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 29, 2004 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Top Stories, USA
The F/A-22 program seems to be in trouble, with the New York Times reporting that the Air Force’s new Raptor fighter jet will be the target of budget cuts. In a gelling agreement between Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and congressional leaders, the...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 29, 2004 | Air Reconnaissance, Budgets, C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Land Equipment, Naval Equipment, New Systems Tech, Signals Radio & Wireless, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Top Stories, UAVs, USA
The New York Times reported that the Department of Defense will retire an unnamed aircraft carrier and buy fewer surface ships in an effort to save money. LPD-17 amphibious landing ships for the Marine Corps will be among those cut from expected procurements, setting...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 27, 2004 | Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Land Equipment, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Space, Top Stories, USA
M777 light howitzerRaytheon announced it managed to guide a 155 mm shell to within ten feet of a target using a new GPS guidance system developed by L3 Communications’ Interstate Electronics Corporation. The December 15 test used an M777 howitzer, the system it...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 24, 2004 | ABM, Boeing, Domestic Security, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon, Space, USA
Interceptor at launchBoeing is already installing interceptors for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile shield at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Six such interceptors already sit at Fort Greely, Alaska. The Missile Defense Agency hopes to have 18...
