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...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | IT - General, Mergers & Acquisitions, T&C - CSC, USA
Computer Sciences Corp. is America’s third-largest IT outsourcing company, with billions of dollars in defense-related contracts. InformationWeek reports that sources close to New York City-based Blackstone Group list the firm among possible buyers, while the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, R&D - Contracted, USA
DID has covered the Aerospace Industries Association’s recent report showing the US aerospace industry’s global trade surplus, and testimony re: defense procurement improvvements. AIA also notes that the average American aerospace employee is in his or her...
