by Fred Donovan | May 27, 2010 | Asia - Other, BAE, Budgets, C4ISR, Clothing, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Guns - Naval, Issues - International, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, South Korea, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, University-related, USA
* South Korean Navy conducts anti-submarine warfare drills off west coast as tensions run high over North Korea’s sinking of ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class patrol combat corvette. South Korean ambassador to the US ponders the aftermath. [PDF] *...
by Joe Katzman | May 27, 2010 | Guest Articles, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, USA
Sen. Tom Coburn(click to view full) Guest article by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK This memorandum describes what I believe are serious problems in our defense budget and some ideas to address them. I appreciate that some of these thoughts are controversial – even to...
by Fred Donovan | May 26, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Field Innovations, General Dynamics, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, R&D - Private, Soldier's Gear, University-related, USA
* US Congressional Budget Office’s Analysis of the Navy’s FY 2011 Shipbuilding Plan: Not. Affordable. * The German defense minister aims to cut EUR 1 billion per year in defense spending, including closing small military facilities. Germany currently...
by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2010 | ABM, Americas - Other, Ammunition, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, Guns - Personal Weapons, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Russia, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, United Technologies, USA
* Russian-built plants in Venezuela’s Aragua state will produce Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles and over 50 million 7.62-mm rounds for the rifle per year. * In 2011 Russia expects to unveil new model of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the AK-200, based on the...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, T&C - SAIC
(click to view full) Modern navies run on computers. Unfortunately, computers don’t last nearly as long as ships, something that’s both a hardware and a software problem. The computer console over there might be up to operating key systems on a...
