by Joe Katzman | Apr 8, 2009 | Budgets, Contracts - Modifications, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
USS Stockdale(click to view full) On April 6/09, in his FY 2010 budget preview, American defense secretary Robert M. Gates said that: “…in this request, we will include funds to complete the buy of two navy destroyers in FY10. These plans depend on being...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 7, 2009 | Corporate Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Sharpen yourself
Software heavy(click to view full) Software is a growing slice of military production budgets, and it isn’t always found in obvious places. On the ground, BAE Systems’ FMTV medium trucks seem prosaic, but a look under the hood reveals an astonishing level...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 7, 2009 | Legal, Northrop-Grumman, USA
Northrop Grumman has disposed of 2 lawsuits involving the US government by setting them off against each other. The first matter involved a lawsuit filed by Northrop Grumman in December 1996 against the U.S. government for recovery of uncompensated costs, investments...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2009 | ABM, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lobbying, Medical, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Gates & Cartwright(click to view full) On April 6/09, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates did something unusual: he convened a press conference to announce key budget recommendations in advance. That’s a substantial departure from normal procedure, in...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2009 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Radars, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Thales, UAVs
Thales I-Master(click to view full) As UAVs begin to take on a wider array of battlefield roles, the ability to carry radars for situational awareness, detection, and targeting will become more and more important. Radars are also important to UAVs’ current...
