by Fred Donovan | Nov 22, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
$18M to Alion for Special Ops mobile repair systems under WSTIAC contract. (Nov 22/10) The US Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are research and analysis organizations operated by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)....
by Fred Donovan | Nov 21, 2010 | ABM, Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Explosives, Field Innovations, France, Issues - International, Japan, Mines & Countermine-IED, Robots, Russia, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA
* Russia says Da: NATO leaders agree on NATO missile defense shield at Lisbon summit; Russia pledges to cooperate if it is a “full-fledged strategic partner.” * Hotly disputed: As early as fiscal 2014, Japan plans to deploy 100 ground self-defense forces...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 18, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Environmental, Issues - Political, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Personnel, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* This week’s – maybe this year’s – must-read: “Leadership and Accountability” at the US Naval Institute’s blog discusses a recent failed court-martial, the court’s implied rebuke regarding the state of the LPD-17 ship...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 17, 2010 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Ammunition, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, C4ISR, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Events, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Personal Weapons, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* Hijacked: China is denying a claim made in a report [PDF] by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that it hijacked US Internet traffic, including Pentagon traffic, for 18 minutes in April. * India’s Defence Minister AK Antony says change is...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 16, 2010 | ABM, Alliances, Asia - Central, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, IT - General, Leadership & People, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Radars, Robots, Sensors & Guidance, Transport & Utility, University-related, USA
* Defense diet: Pentagon chief Gates opposes recommendation of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility to slash the defense budget [PDF] by $100 billion over 5 years and apply the savings to deficit reduction. * GlobalPost covers ISAF’s...
