Michael Peck

Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.


  • Navy awards C4ISR contract
    Navy awards C4ISR contract

    The technical services contract, awarded to CACI-ISS, is scheduled to be completed by December 2017.

  • General Dynamics unveils new combat survival radio
    General Dynamics unveils new combat survival radio

    The HOOK3 radio is smaller and lighter than the previous generation, while featuring a longer-lasting battery, among other features for downed pilots.

  • Quanterion wins DoD cyber contract
    Quanterion wins DoD cyber contract

    Quanterion will support basic operations at the Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center.

  • Kapsuun wins Air Force ISR support contract
    Kapsuun wins Air Force ISR support contract

    The company will offer “near real-time intelligence and cyberspace intelligence to national decision makers, theater and combatant commanders with 1N3 ground linguists and 1A8 airborne linguists,” the Department of Defense said.

  • Global anti-drone market to reach $1.2B
    Global anti-drone market to reach $1.2B

    “The commercialization of technologies for the development of anti-drone systems has been stoking growth of this market,” according to a Transparency Market Research news release.

  • ViaSat chosen for Australian SATCOM
    ViaSat chosen for Australian SATCOM

    ViaSat will support the Australian Defense Force’s Joint Project 2008 Phase 5B2, which aims to deploy an integrated wideband SATCOM system for the ADF.

  • Booz Allen secures Navy IT contract
    Booz Allen secures Navy IT contract

    This modification is a second-year option of a previously awarded contract.

  • Leidos tests sensors for US Air Force
    Leidos tests sensors for US Air Force

    Further tests using the MQ-9 Reaper UAV are scheduled for later this year.

  • Better imagery analysis software coming, says DoD
    Better imagery analysis software coming, says DoD

    Better algorithms are on the way to improve the ability of software to automatically sift through imagery, Department of Defense officials said at a recent conference.

  • Hughes awarded DoD SATCOM contract
    Hughes awarded DoD SATCOM contract

    Hughes will conduct a design analysis of wide-beam, spot-beam and on-board processing satellites, including geosynchronous and low-Earth orbit spacecraft as well as airborne platforms.