by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2010 | Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
USMC boot(click to view full) Combat boots remain one of the infantry’s most important and least-appreciated pieces of gear. Unless you’ve served in the infantry, of course. After decades of “Army boots” being used as a term for old-fashioned,...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
USNS Patuxent(click to view full) Oilers do what their name suggests: provide fuel to Navy ships at sea, and jet fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. They’re often overlooked, or considered secondary, but the truth is that the number, quality, and...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, ECM, Field Innovations, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA
* Boeing and Airbus submits KC-X aerial tanker bids, as World Trade Organization delays ruling on EU complaint against Boeing. * France’s ONERA lab thinks they have a revolution in coastal surveillance radar design (incl. video), with 80% effectiveness out to...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, USA
(click to view full) Guest Article by Lou Crenshaw, Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (ret.) After a sustained period of sizable increases, growth in the DoD budget is expected to slow considerably starting in 2011. Defense discretionary spending is likely to be constrained by...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 11, 2010 | Americas - Other, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Air, Other Corporation, USA
New USAF ABU(click to view full) In March 2006, “Fractal Creep: New Digitized Camo Uniforms for USAF, USN, Jordan” looked at some of the new fractal camouflage patterns emerging on the market, and the some of the design decisions behind the uniforms...
