by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2008 | Force Structure, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, Transformation, USA
(click to visit) IEEE originally stood for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, but the organization’s scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields that it’s now known only by its acronym. One field of intense interest to...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2008 | Delivery & Task Orders, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Sniper ATPs(click to view full) Lockheed Martin’s Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod was selected to equip US Air force aircraft in a competitive flyoff, and the firm has strengthened the AN/AAQ-33’s global position with 9 export customers (Belgium, Britain,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Alliances, European Union (EU), Events, Force Structure, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, UAVs, WMD Defenses
“Il n’y a pas de liberte, il n’y a pas d’egalite, il n’y a pas de fraternite sans securite.” — French President Nicolas Sarkozy By mid 2007 it seemed that France’s President Sarkozy was softening on defense after an...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
MX-20, aka. AN/ASX-4(click to view full) Oct 29/08: The Canadian government agency Canadian Commercial Corp. received a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity long-term contract for repair of the Advanced Imaging Multi-spectral Sensor used on the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Boeing, Events, Issues - Political, USA
Squaring the circle? It has been almost a decade since a strike at a US company created widespread industrial disruption, but Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have created exactly that outcome. Last-minute bargaining...
