(click to view full) The August 2008 issue of the US Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine includes "Admiral Allen's Blue Tsunami," by Art Pine. The $25 billion Deepwater meta-program has undergone significant changes during Allen's tenure, and is not out of the...
Naval AS90(click to view full) Medium caliber naval guns confront naval planners with a divergence of opinions: mount large caliber, slower-firing 5"/127mm guns used mostly for naval fire support, or smaller caliber 100-57mm guns with far more rapid rates of fire that...
JHMCS, adjusting(click to view full) The introduction of helmet mounted sights like the US-Israeli JHMCS and its F-35 successor the HMDS, Thales TopSight/TopOwl, Saab Cobra, et. al. have changed air combat. They've also changed the biodynamics of fighter cockpits,...
RAF C-17 delivery(click to view full) It's an oft-quoted military maxim that amateurs study tactics, while professionals study logistics. It's also true that the pressures of combat tend to reveal areas where internal and external politics and decisions have hurt a...
SSN-23 in MSF at Kitsap(click to view full) Aug 11/08: The Watts-Healy Tibbitts joint venture in Honolulu, HI receives an initial $42.4 million increment to build a drive-in magnetic silencing facility at Beckoning Point, Naval Station Pearl Harbor. The 2nd increment...
Small business qualifier Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad Co. in Elma, WA received a $12.6 million modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N44255-01-C-1002, #P00022) for railroad repairs at Navy Region Northwest, West Sound area. The railroad...
ADF Bushmaster, Afghanistan(click to view full) In an Aug 8/08 release, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement Greg Combet congratulated Thales Australia on recent orders for the Bushmaster blast-resistant patrol vehicle. The vehicles currently...
"Cost Pressures Force European Aerospace to Look Outside Europe" has discussed the effects of exchange rates on the European aerospace industry, while "EU Procurement Challenges & Defense Weakness Debated (updated)" offered some expert analysis of Europe's shrunken...
Stryker APC inMosul traffic jam(click to view full) General Dynamics Land Systems recently announced that the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded them a contract for 615 Stryker wheeled armored personnel carriers (APCs). Initial funding in the...