by Joe Katzman | Feb 14, 2008 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Issues - International, Other Corporation, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Royal Marines + HK GMG(click to view full) The infantry soldier sits at the center of gravity of current wars. While institutional infatuation with larger projects often makes defense departments slow to adapt to this reality, improvements to the individual...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 14, 2008 | Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, France, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance
Rafale, Mirage 2000Dover Afghanistan(click to view full) Projects to give GPS-guided smart bombs dual-guidance capability are popular these days. Israel has developed its GPS/EO Spice bomb, the USA has Laser JDAMs, and Britain has cobbled together a Paveway II+ as an...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 13, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, T&C - IBM, Transformation, USA
In conventional silicon transistors, a certain finite voltage swing on the order of 150-200 mV (for high performance devices) is needed to switch a device between the on and off states. Reducing that number would enable drastic improvements in power consumption,...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 12, 2008 | Electronics - General, Field Reports, General Dynamics, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Tanks & Mechanized, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Stryker M1128(click to view full) In February 2006, “New Stryker Variants Gear Up for Testing” described the M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System, and the M1135 Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle. The vehicles passed testing and have been...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 12, 2008 | Boeing, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Transport & Utility, USA
On Feb 7/08, the USA’s Congressional “Government Accountability Office” auditors released report #GAO-08-298, “DOD’s Practices and Processes for Multiyear Procurement Should Be Improved.” Multi-year procurements are used for a...
