Rapid Fire: 2010-02-16
Feb 15, 2010 20:58 ESTRelated Stories: ABM, Americas - USA, Asia - China, Asia - Japan, Asia - Other, BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Guns - 60+ mm direct, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Laser & EM Weapons, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, UAVs
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- Information Dissemination on 2008 at-sea usage data and implications for various US Navy ship types.
- India to issue a new defense procurement policy, hopes to reduce delays in purchasing weapons, and to increase domestic production.
- India’s Mahindra Group is lobbying the government to lift foreign ownership cap for defense firms to 49%. The firm is involved in a joint venture with BAE systems, among others.
- Pakistan gets its new guns in just over 3 years; India is still dithering after more than 6 years…
- Britain’s maritime replenishment options: From Rover/Leaf to… MARS? Aegir? JSS?
- Chile commissions former American Kaiser Class oiler/ station support ship Andrew J. Higgins [T-AO 190], as the Almirante Montt.
- South Korea, Japan and China mull tripartite security framework.
- Denmark plans to decide sooner re: its future fighter jet. F-35, JAS-39NG Gripen, F/A-18 Super Hornet competing.
- US Missile Defense Agency shoots down ballistic missile with airborne laser.
- Former Hawaii superferries delivering supplies to Haiti. A JHSV preview?
- US Secretary of State Clinton says US would extend security umbrella to Persian Gulf allies to protect them from an increasingly militaristic Iran.
- General Dynamics gets contract worth up to $387 million to support US Army’s constructive training systems.
- Sikorsky, Terma to collaborate if Danish government buys MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
- Raytheon’s AGM-154C-1 passes communications test with JSTARS aircraft.
- Northrop Grumman demonstrates Fire Scout’s resupply capability during the US Army high-tech exercise.
- California State University program that trains linguists for the US DoD gets FY 2010 funding.
