by Joe Katzman | Nov 15, 2011 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Other Corporation, RFPs, USA
Defender Class RB-S(click to view full) Huge US Coast Guard projects like the frigate-sized National Security Cutters get a lot of attention, but they can only be in so many places at once. Most people who encounter the Coast Guard do so inshore, and their encounter...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 14, 2011 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Russia, USA, Warfare - Trends
* In the latest issue of Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO)’s Aircraft Survivability: a threat model development for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), a study of how much of a threat their are to the large engines of transport...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, USA
Lower Monumental Dam(click to view full) Project Time & Cost, Inc. in Atlanta, GA won a 5-year, firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $150 million. They’ll provide “architect-engineering services for nationwide cost engineering” in support of...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2011 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Missiles - Air-Air, Raytheon, USA
Malaysian F/A-18D:Bersama Shield 2010(click to view full) Malaysia has an unusual air fleet, which includes Russian MiG-29s and very advanced SU-30MKMs, alongside 8 of Boeing’s F/A-18D Hornets. Southeast Asia is crowded, and contested claims over rich local...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 11, 2011 | DID site, Memoriam
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in 1918, the guns ceased. During Remembrance Day, the British Commonwealth countries remember those who came before, and those who came after, and all who have given in their nation’s service. John...
