Carnegie Mellon has long been one of the USA's best universities for computer science, and was well known in those circles long before Prof. Randy Pausch's Last Lecture made it more broadly famous around the world. Platforms like Alice are gaining wide traction for...
BAE Systems in Arlington, VA received a $49.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an infrared system "that provides a real-time, high-resolution, wide area video persistent surveillance capability that allows joint forces to keep critical areas of interest...
APX-117, APX-118 transponders Article closed. Identification friend or foe (IFF) systems enable forces to recognize friendly aircraft, surface vessels, and submarines to avoid inadvertent firing on friendly forces. The technology, in use since World War II, has two...
* Firms gearing up for American "T-X" competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers. * Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets. * 1st test flight for South Korea's "Surion" utility...
* Anosognosia: What does a bank robber who smears lemon juice on his face to defeat video cameras, have to do with Donald Rumsfeld and the management of complex engineering projects? * Pentagon waking up to reality that having interest payments nearly the size of the...
In the wake of its 2006-2007 defense budget proposal "To Defend Australia" [PDF], the Australian government announced that it would begin a comprehensive review of the country's defense industrial policy. This is not uncommon in an industry that's a domestic oligopoly...
* Change of Heart: After hesitating because of a US DoJ probe, British-based Chemring Group has agreed to buy most of the assets of Allied Defense Group, a Vienna, VA-based ammunition supplier, for $59.6 million. ADG's stock soared in response. * False Claims:...
Latest updates: Over $100M in contracts, New ACU pattern for Afghanistan. The New ACU: Changes(click to view full) The USA's Army Combat Uniform (ACU) has undergone significant redesign over the last few years, including the recent addition of an Army Combat Shirt...
* Sweden receives Parliamentary approval for a 2010 buy of 2 next-generation Type A26 fast-attack submarines; an initial design contract was issued in February 2010. * Eye in the Sky: Israel's recently launched spy satellite Ofeq 9, the latest in a series of Ofeq...