by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Legal, Policy - Procurement, Security Contractor, Support Functions - Other, USA
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security – Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) contract hires armed bodyguards and security for American diplomatic personnel worldwide. That means a combination of personal protective (bodyguard), static...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, Submarines, USA
SSN-721: Calling Chicago…(click to view full) DARPA’s TRITON program plans to demonstrate duplex connectivity at submarine keel depths significantly greater than what has been demonstrated in the green, achieving area coverage and bit rates that satisfy...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 5, 2010 | ABM, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Field Reports, Fuel & Power, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Environmental, L3 Communications, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Navistar, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Trends, WMD Detection
* Changing the Rules: The UK government plans to rewrite the rules governing defense contracts. * Mexico’s “Blog Del Narco” has stepped into a media void as the go-to publication for Cartel War reporting, used as a source – and a tool. Welcome...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 5, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Transformation, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) Local US military surveillance/strike capabilities have been growing with SecDef Robert Gates’ strong support for more attention to the needs of the counterinsurgency fight. Surveillance is part of that, but it needs to be...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 4, 2010 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Biological Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Defenses, WMD Proliferation
* DARPA’s Prophecy project looks to stay a step ahead of virus evolution, something with strong public health relevance as well as defensive military uses. That’s good, because the US State Department’s new arms control compliance report shows that...