by Joe Katzman | Apr 2, 2009 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Official Reports, USA
The US government’s GAO audit office has issued its 7th annual “Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs report (GAO-09-326SP). The report covers a total of 47 Pentagon weapons programs, compares their baseline against current costs...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 2, 2009 | Budgets, Canada, Coastal & Littoral, Events, Issues - Political, RFPs
Kingston Class(click to view full) In 2005, a Liberal Party government promised 2 new classes of vessel as a part of a 5-year plan for the Canadian Coast Guard. Off-Shore Fisheries Research Vessels (OSFVs, essentially an Offshore Patrol Vessel with science facilities...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2009 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Engineer Units, Engineering Vehicles, Tanks & Mechanized
Terrier AVRE(Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers)(click to view full) Combat engineering is emerging as an under-appreciated but critical component of counter-insurgency work, with applications that range from restricting the battlefield to building cooperation with...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Medical, Other Corporation, USA
Connected to thethigh-bone…(click to view full) Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. in Malvern, PA won a maximum $267 million fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for radiology systems, subsystems and components on behalf of the US Army, Navy, Air...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2009 | Canada, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Public Partnering, R&D - Private, Simulation & Training, Training & Exercises
CAE Sim(click to view full) Global simulation firm CAE, located in the Saint-Laurent district of Montreal, Canada, has announced a C$ 714 million (about $450 million equivalent), 5-year “Project Falcon” to enhance its modeling and simulation technologies,...
