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...
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,...
