by Fred Donovan | Feb 14, 2011 | Alliances , Americas - Other , Asia - Other , Britain/U.K. , Budgets , Contracts - Awards , Daily Rapid Fire , Delivery & Task Orders , Events , Fighters & Attack , Food-related , Fuel & Power , General Dynamics , IAI , IT - General , IT - Networks & Bandwidth , Leadership & People , Legal , Materials Innovations , Middle East - Other , Official Reports , Other Corporation , Policy - Personnel , Russia , Soldier's Gear , Specialty Aircraft , Training & Exercises , USA
* Obama administration’s fiscal year 2012 budget [PDF] boosts defense spending by $22 billion over FY 2010 appropriations, to $671 billion, while projecting $78 billion in “savings” through 2016. [Update: 2013 request.] * Russia’s armed forces...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 14, 2011 | Delivery & Task Orders , Design Innovations , Electronics - General , New Systems Tech , Other Corporation , Project Successes , R&D - Contracted , Sensors & Guidance , USA
Boomerang System(click for cutaway) 300 “Boomerang III perimeter systems.” (Feb 14/11) Sniper attacks are an ongoing problem/ opportunity in any urban conflict, which is tailor made for the practice. The bad news is that most future conflicts and even...