by Joe Katzman | Jun 9, 2009 | C4ISR, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Trucks & Transport, USA
RF-7800I components(click to view full) Harris Corporation in Rochester, NY received a $13.5 million order to provide the U.S. Air Force with vehicular radios and a digital tactical intercom system for their Hummers. The USAF’s up-armored HMMWV is the M1116. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 9, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
Jacobs Engineering Group recently announced a 1-year, $3 million contract from the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA to support the Program Manager (PM), Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Services (MCEITS). Jacobs will develop and manage...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2009 | After-Action Reviews, Boeing, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, Interoperability, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Military Overall, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Space Warfare, T&C - CSC, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Raytheon: C4ISR Future?(click to expand) As video communications is integrated into robots, soldiers, and UAVs, and network-centric warfare becomes the organizing principle of American warfighting, front-line demands for bandwidth are rising faster than the US...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2009 | BAE, Mergers & Acquisitions, Small Business, UAVs, USA
Silver Fox in Iraq(click to view full) BAE Systems recently completed its $14.7 million acquisition of Advanced Ceramics Research, a Tucson, AZ-based maker of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ceramic materials for military and commercial application. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2009 | Canada, Helicopters & Rotary, Official Reports, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
EH101/ CH-149: on ice(click to view full) Figures laid before the Canadian Senate’s Security and Defence Committee are calling the readiness of Canada’s maritime airframes into serious question. This is not a surprise when fleets are composed of aircraft...
