by Editorial Staff | Jul 2, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, Legal, Official Reports, UAVs, USA
* The Government Accountability Office updated its cost estimates of the last round of US base realignments and closures (BRAC 2005) and concluded that net savings came at less than 28% of the $35.6B originally expected. Ironically the main culprit is one-off...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 1, 2012 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, R&D - Contracted, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
UK M270+(click for before & after) In June 2012, Lockheed Martin announced a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for Phase 1 of a 3-year development program to update its fleet of 225 M270A1 tracked Multiple Launch Rocket System launchers. Lockheed Martin...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 1, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, DARPA, Intelligence & PsyOps, IT - Cyber-Security, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Science - Basic Research, Security & Secrecy, University-related, USA
US ORNL laser test(click to view full) Readers who follow the tech press may be familiar with the concept of quantum computing. Computers use binary bits: on/off, yes/no, represented by 0 or 1. A quantum bit, or qubit, can be 1, or 0… or both. Whereas 111 = 7 in...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 29, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Russia, United Technologies, USA
* United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney Canada pleaded guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act and making false statements in connection with its export to China of US-origin military software used in the development of China’s Z-10 attack...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2012 | ABM, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Logistics, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Thales, USA
* The US Missile Defense Agency’s FTM-18 test goes well, as the AEGIS BMD 4.0.1/ SM-3 block IB missile combination tracks & hits a separating ballistic missile target. That’s the same configuration that will be used on land in Europe, as of 2015. *...
