Unfortunately the host at Ning for this network has decided to start charging for hosting as of 20 July. So due to the limited traffic here -- we never really got it going! -- we are going to let the networking site close down. The main Defense Ventures website/blog remains unaffected, of course. If you haven't seen the new design changes check it out. More changes to follow to upgrade the look and feel.

Today on the Defense Ventures blog I started posting some info and commentary about the upcoming acquisition for the new Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Check it out here.



In general, I'm going to start doing a lot more content related to land systems and Army technology. I think this is a really interesting area where there is some overlooked development and… Continue

My site has a new report on defense technologies, which you can download here. The content is also available within the site as individual reports, but the above link goes to a new, downloadable format with all the reports in a single pdf.

Forbes has a follow up article about DynCorp and a good overview of the LOGCAP situation. See commentary here.



Also, KBR did their Q2 earnings call and discussed their decision not to protest the Afghanistan task order awards. Full call transcript is here, but if you wait a… Continue

I added a part II to the commentary on the Forbes article about the Veritas founders. Yesterday there was quite a bit of traffic on the site related to that post. Here is the direct link.