by Joe Katzman | Nov 4, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, IT - Cyber-Security, Official Reports, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Trash into Gold: DARPA has a Phoenix Program to recycle satellites for parts. * One of the ship blocks for Britain’s new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier had a fire. It’s out, and doesn’t appear to have done any significant damage, or hurt anyone....
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
AS-40 & SSN-714, Guam(click to enlarge) It’s great to have a fleet of submarines, but even nuclear submarines need some level of at-sea support to improve their effectiveness. Submarine tenders can bring a boat food, fuel, weapons, and other supplies, while...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 2, 2011 | ABM, Americas - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Chemical Weapons, Europe - Other, Events, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Russia, Sensors & Guidance, Testing & Evaluation, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Trends
* The USAF is restructuring its Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) from 12 centers to 5 is one of the major steps within broader changes in its civilian workforce which should amount to adding “5,900 positions in acquisition, the nuclear enterprise, and...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 2, 2011 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Forces - Naval, India, Issues - Political, USA
* The USAF proposed the debarment of 3 contractors: Advanced C4 Solutions, Inc. (headquartered in FL), Superior Communications Solutions Inc. (GA), and Iron Bow Technologies (VA) because of a “history of failure to perform [or] unsatisfactory performance.”...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 1, 2011 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Naval, Legal, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Procurement Innovations, Science - Basic Research, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Think Tanks, USA
* The Guardian in the UK has gathered and crunched more numbers on operations in Libya (see also past linkage to Libyan ops debriefing). * The Pentagon is about to brief Lockheed Martin on how much F-35s should cost. Memos have also been flying back and forth between...
