Cal Biesecker

Articles By Cal

• ITT’s System Engineering Approach To CIRCM A Discriminator, Officials Say

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 29th, 2011

  By the end of September, the Army is likely to award the contract for the Common Infrared Countermeasures program (CIRCM), a crowded competitive field where ITT Defense [ITT] believes it […]

• Army To Send Lockheed Martin Autonomous Vehicle To Afghanistan

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 29th, 2011

  Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium, selected its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to deploy to Afghanistan for a first-of-its-kind military […]

• Army Says New Generator To Offer Major Fuel Savings

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 28th, 2011

  The Army in November plans to deploy to Afghanistan its next-generation tactical generators, a move expected to save 300,000 gallons of fuel each month, service officials said. Production will begin […]

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  Air Force

  Honing In On JSF Costs: Follow The Money, Assad Says

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 28th, 2011

  The world has changed, and major Defense Department funds are being spent with subcontractors such as on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Strike Fighter program, which is important when considering […]

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  Navy/USMC

  CANES Program Successful In Critical Design Review

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 28th, 2011

  The Navy yesterday said the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program recently achieved a significant engineering milestone with the completion of Critical Design Reviews (CDR) for the two […]

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  Army

  ITT, Mercury Computer Systems Partner On Joint Tactical Intel Initiative

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 27th, 2011

  ITT Corp. [ITT] and Mercury Computer Systems Inc. [MRCY] yesterday jointly said they have agreed to combine their respective technology expertise and jointly develop an airborne solution that meets the […]

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  Army

  Strategy First, Then Capability, McCain Tells Dempsey at Nomination Hearing

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 27th, 2011

  Ensuring U.S. forces have the right capabilities is required, but capabilities need to be determined by the strategy, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said yesterday at the Senate Armed Services Committee […]

• Navy, General Dynamics Agree On Second, Third, DDG-1000s, Collins Says

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 27th, 2011

  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday said that after months of negotiations, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Sean Stackley, called to say the Navy and General Dynamics [GD]-Bath Iron Works […]

• BAE Systems Wins Task Order For DVE-FOS

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 26th, 2011

  BAE Systems yesterday said it was awarded another task order, for a cumulative total of more than $140 million, to produce the DriverÂ’s Vision Enhancer Family of Systems (DVE-FOS), a […]

• U.S. Missile Defense Cooperation With Israel ‘Unshakable,’ Official Says

  BY Cal Biesecker// July 26th, 2011

  One of the first partners on missile defense with the United States was Israel, and that cooperation is “robust, enduring, and unshakable,” a U.S. Arms Control official said. Because of […]