by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2008 | Corporate Innovations, Medical, Official Reports, USA
The US Department of Defense’s prescription drug spending alone is estimated to reach $15 billion by 2015. GAO examined DOD’s prescription drug spending trends from fiscal years 2000 – 2006 and DOD’s key efforts to limit its prescription drug...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2008 | Airbus, Asia - Central, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Israel, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, UAVs
Spanish Searcher, Herat(click to view full) In April 2007, Spanish reader Pedro Lucio alerted us to an official announcement that Spain’s Ministry of Defence had issued a EUR 14.37 million (then about $19.5 million) contract for unmanned air vehicles that would...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
RQ-7, flightline(click to view full) AAI Corp. in Hunt Valley, MD received a $127.6 million firm-fixed price contract for the full rate production buy for 14 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle systems and associated support equipment. Work will be performed in Hunt...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, New Systems Tech, Tanks & Mechanized, USA, Warfare - Lessons
M1A2 Abrams TUSK(click to view full) TUSK stands for “Tank Urban Survival Kit,” and represents the American approach to the problem of employing tanks in urban situations where weapons elevation, protection placement, and other design elements aren’t...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 16, 2008 | Industry & Trends, Official Reports, Policy - Personnel
Security clearances are a big deal for the US defense industry. Delays of up to 2 years in processing applications has made them a major bottleneck for many defense firms, and led to premiums of $20,000 – $30,000 for employees who do possess one. Congress has...
