by Joe Katzman | Aug 17, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Launch Facilities, Security Contractor, USA
Securiguard, Inc. of McLean, VA received a $95.4 million firm-fixed price contract to provide armed security at Cape Canaveral, the US space program’s premier launch facility. The contract covers Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, including the Kennedy Space...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 17, 2008 | Coastal & Littoral, Corporate Innovations, Domestic Security, USA
(click to view full) The August 2008 issue of the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings Magazine includes “Admiral Allen’s Blue Tsunami,” by Art Pine. The $25 billion Deepwater meta-program has undergone significant changes during Allen’s...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 17, 2008 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Guns - Naval, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted
Naval AS90(click to view full) Medium caliber naval guns confront naval planners with a divergence of opinions: mount large caliber, slower-firing 5″/127mm guns used mostly for naval fire support, or smaller caliber 100-57mm guns with far more rapid rates of...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 14, 2008 | Equipment - Other, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
JHMCS, adjusting(click to view full) The introduction of helmet mounted sights like the US-Israeli JHMCS and its F-35 successor the HMDS, Thales TopSight/TopOwl, Saab Cobra, et. al. have changed air combat. They’ve also changed the biodynamics of fighter...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 13, 2008 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Logistics
RAF C-17 delivery(click to view full) It’s an oft-quoted military maxim that amateurs study tactics, while professionals study logistics. It’s also true that the pressures of combat tend to reveal areas where internal and external politics and decisions...
