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...
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...
