Battlespace IT


NavAir admiral to lead Joint Strike Fighter program

Vice Adm. David Venlet has been nominated to serve as the new director of the troubled Joint Strike Fighter program, the staff from Defense News reports.

Navy makes $940M IED-jammer buy

Lockheed Martin Corp. will produce Improvised Explosive Device jammers for the Navy under a sole source, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $940 million.

DOD seeks robot that can dig into its targets

A request for information from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency brings to mind technology portrayed in the 1960s British television series the Thunderbirds, reports Graham Warwick at Aviation Week’s Ares Blog.

DOD picks provider for intell support in Iraq

L-3 Communications has won two Defense Department contracts for intelligence support work that have a combined value of more than $255 million.

Planners mull air-sea warfare in unmanned age

Nobody's quite sure how to wage and win an air-sea battle,and that's emerged as a topic of discussion by military planners and budget officials, reports Bill Sweetman in Aviation Week’s Ares Blog.

Future warfare gets funding nod, but little prioritization

The Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal 2011 defense budget are in sync on the need for new strategies for programs such as unmanned aerial vehicles. But critics say they still focus too much on current conflicts and not enough on the future.

Insourcing's false economy

The Obama administration's efforts to cut contractor jobs — and bring the work back into the federal agencies — might make it harder for the military to accelerate technology improvement initiatives.

Army turns to aerial sensors for battlefield precision

Col. Robert Carpenter, project manager for the Army’s Aerial Common Sensor Program, discusses the program's changing mission and near-term objectives.

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