by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2008 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Soldier's Gear, Transformation
Spanish soldier: now(click to view full) In September 2006, EADS Defence & Security Systems Spain received a EUR 24.5 million contract for the system design and development of the “COMbatiente FUTuro” (COMFUT) program. EADS-DS Spain will lead a group...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2008 | Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Contracts - Awards, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, USA, WMD Defenses
How do you train militaries and public agencies for the challenges and scale of nuclear, chemical, or biological (NBC) attacks or outbreaks, without creating unacceptable levels of disruption in society’s daily workings during the exercise? The US military has...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 27, 2008 | Design Innovations, Events, Field Innovations, Guns - Personal Weapons, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Medical, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Project Successes, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Signals Radio & Wireless, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Trends
Militaries tend to reflect their national cultures in various ways, and Americans have always been inveterate tinkerers and inventors. It’s a streak that runs deep in the culture, as even a casual glance at America’s late night TV will confirm. Cases in...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 24, 2008 | Coastal & Littoral, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Forces - Special Ops, Support & Maintenance, USA
Mk.V launches ScanEagle(click to view full) Western Branch Diesel, Inc. in Portsmouth, VA received a $10.2 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity requirements contract. They will perform maintenance services, engine overhaul, and repair of...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2008 | Britain/U.K., France, Industry & Trends, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia, Thales
Over at Moscow Defence Review, Sergey Denisentsev’s “Thales Group in Russia” notes that: “Few Western companies can boast of the same experience of broad and productive cooperation with Russian aerospace and defense enterprises as the Thales...
