by Joe Katzman | Sep 15, 2011 | IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, USA
The USAF’s Global Combat Support System is their internal web portal, supporting over 800,000 registered users and usinga services-oriented I.T. architecture to deliver everything from information to mission applications and collaboration tools. See this Power...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 15, 2011 | Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, India, L3 Communications, Leadership & People, Materials Innovations, Policy - Personnel, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Transport & Utility, USA
* The US Army is looking to change its physical fitness test (shorter but harder), and may add a combat readiness test before deploying. Army readers, you may want to adjust your PT. * Leadership failure: A Marine Corporal and a US Army Captain charge together into...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 14, 2011 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Soldier's Gear, Thales, USA
RB 57 NLAW(click to view full) The Soviet tank threat may be history for now, but missiles that can attack moving trucks, armored vehicles, and bunkers remain in demand. This is especially true in urban situations, where the ability to fire a rocket or missile safely...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 14, 2011 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Forces - Land, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, People, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Soldier's Gear, T&C - SAIC, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
Latest updates: With SUGV pending wind-down, early materials order for SUGV sets 2-3. BCTM B-Kit in Hummer(click to view full) Concerns about cost overruns, vehicle design, and contract structure prompted the Pentagon to cancel the US Army’s Future Combat System...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 14, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
In September 2011, PAR Government Systems Corp. in Rome, NY received a $42.5 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. One of the firm’s specialties is software related to video, geospatial information systems, and surveillance, and this award is...
