by Fred Donovan | Feb 1, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Expeditionary Warfare, France, General Dynamics, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
EFSS Concept(click to view full) Major article upgrade, incl. recent ammo production launch. (Jan 31/11) The U.S. Marine Corps sees the 120mm Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) mortar as the 3rd leg of its triad of land-based fire support for expeditionary...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 1, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC, Transformation, USA
Rommel understood logistics(German Federal Archives)(click to view full) The importance of logistics has long been recognized by generals. German Field Marshall Edwin Rommel once commented: “Battles are decided by the quartermasters before the first shot is...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 1, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Explosives, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other
US Army explosives expertdefuses Russian landmine(click to view full) Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. These landmines are not just from the Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighting US and coalition forces. Many are left over from the Soviet...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 31, 2010 | Alliances, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, DARPA, Environmental, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
* In the Quadrennial Defense Review 2010 the Pentagon seeks to rebalance the US military and to institutionalize DoD reforms. * President Obama FY 2011 budget contains a record $708 billion in defense spending, including a 3.4% increase in the Pentagon’s base...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 31, 2010 | ABM, Aircraft, Alliances, Americas - Other, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Radars, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA
(Old) NORAD Opcenter Buried deep beneath Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has monitored the skies above North America for more than 50 years. During the height of the Cold War, NORAD was the US and Canada’s...
