A 2004 study by the Satellite Industry Association found that 80% of all US military satellite communication during the 2003 US invasion of Iraq was carried on commercial satellites. Then-US assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration, John...
M1130 Stryker MC(click to view full) GM General Dynamics Land Systems Defense Group LLC in Sterling Heights, MI received a $176.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for 103 Stryker vehicles. Stryker is a family of 8×8 wheeled armored combat vehicles that can...
M142 HIMARS(click to view full) HIMARS launcher order goes through. (Feb 19/10) In September 2009, long-time US Middle East ally Jordan submitted an impressive wish list of weapons for its armed forces to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The list...
* BAE Systems posts $105 million net loss for 2009 as a result of regulatory penalties, lost US DoD business. * Were fire support restrictions responsible for the USMC/ANA casualties at Ganjal? NY Times says yes. Official report says the officers who thought so may...
US Army HR training(click to expand) With over a half million US soldiers in uniform, the US Army has the formidable task of providing human resources (HR) services to all of them. To help with this massive HR requirement, the Army uses contractors. The primary office...