BAE Systems Pays $86 Million for Storied Imaging Company
What began more than 70 years ago as an invention in aerial photography became a recent $86 million acquisition by …
C4ISR
U.S. Air Force Improving AWACS Capabilities
The U.S. Air Force is pressing ahead with the largest block upgrade in the long history of the E-3B/C Sentry, …
Reshaping Coast Guard Acquisition and Contracting Capabilities
The U.S. Coast Guard has made great strides in recent years that have enabled it to successfully acquire and deliver …
UK Will Acquire Its Own RC-135 Rivet Joints
The Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft – using the same airframe as the KC-135 Stratotanker – is a familiar …
Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters
By the end of 2011, the first of the Coast Guard’s long-awaited Fast Response Cutters will operate out of Miami, …
The 21st Century Marine
The first recorded war in human history was fought around 2700 B.C. between Sumer (in modern Iraq) and Elam (in …
National Security Cutters
What the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) wanted as it put its new flagship class of cutters to sea was range, …
ManTech Makes $75 Million C4ISR Acquisition
A small government contractor that began operations in a California garage will soon vault to the front ranks of defense …
Sea Giraffe Stands Tall Among Surveillance Radars
The Saab Sea Giraffe radar is providing big radar capability in a small package. The surveillance radar is well suited …
Air Force Leaders Still Hope for New Engines for E-8C Joint STARS
The Air Force is moving more slowly than it once expected to re-engine its Boeing E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack …