by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2008 | Coastal & Littoral, Consulting Firms, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Surface Ships - Other
USS Osprey,shock test(click to view full) During the Cold War, NATO countries had a strong incentive to invest in minesweeper fleets, in order to keep their ports open to American reinforcements and cover key chokepoints that might be mined by Soviet submarines. With...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2008 | Delivery & Task Orders, Forces - Marines, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Materials Innovations, Small Business, USA
M224 firing(click to view full) Flowforming is an advanced cold forming process, used to manufacture dimensionally precise, seamless metal components in rounded shapes. The technology offers a number of advantages, including very high precision, the ability to use...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Events, Field Reports, Issues - Political, Trucks & Transport, USA
Cougar 6×6, IEDed- the crew lived.(click to view full) The photo at the top of this article never fails to grab our readers’ attention. As it should. Taken on the front lines in Iraq, it depicts a v-hulled Force Protection Cougar (MRAP Class II) vehicle,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2008 | Industry & Trends
We’re baack!(click to view full) Naval Open Source Intelligence is a good set of quick links to international navy-related stories in the news. Each year, they also add a summary of their take on the most significant trends and items to their “Naval Year...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Events, IT - Cyber-Security, Scandals & Investigations, Security & Secrecy
The growth of identity theft and related fraud has turned a spotlight on security practices in all companies and organizations that deal with sensitive public data. Private sector practices in this regard are often severely lacking, but even organizations like the...
