Software heavy(click to view full) Software is a growing slice of military production budgets, and it isn't always found in obvious places. On the ground, BAE Systems' FMTV medium trucks seem prosaic, but a look under the hood reveals an astonishing level of software...
Northrop Grumman has disposed of 2 lawsuits involving the US government by setting them off against each other. The first matter involved a lawsuit filed by Northrop Grumman in December 1996 against the U.S. government for recovery of uncompensated costs, investments...
Gates & Cartwright(click to view full) On April 6/09, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates did something unusual: he convened a press conference to announce key budget recommendations in advance. That's a substantial departure from normal procedure, in which the...
Thales I-Master(click to view full) As UAVs begin to take on a wider array of battlefield roles, the ability to carry radars for situational awareness, detection, and targeting will become more and more important. Radars are also important to UAVs' current functions...
The US government's GAO audit office has issued its 7th annual "Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs report (GAO-09-326SP). The report covers a total of 47 Pentagon weapons programs, compares their baseline against current costs and delivery...
Kingston Class(click to view full) In 2005, a Liberal Party government promised 2 new classes of vessel as a part of a 5-year plan for the Canadian Coast Guard. Off-Shore Fisheries Research Vessels (OSFVs, essentially an Offshore Patrol Vessel with science facilities...
Terrier AVRE(Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers)(click to view full) Combat engineering is emerging as an under-appreciated but critical component of counter-insurgency work, with applications that range from restricting the battlefield to building cooperation with...
Connected to thethigh-bone...(click to view full) Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. in Malvern, PA won a maximum $267 million fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for radiology systems, subsystems and components on behalf of the US Army, Navy, Air...
CAE Sim(click to view full) Global simulation firm CAE, located in the Saint-Laurent district of Montreal, Canada, has announced a C$ 714 million (about $450 million equivalent), 5-year "Project Falcon" to enhance its modeling and simulation technologies, develop new...