Rapid Fire: 2010-03-22
Mar 21, 2010 20:41 EDTRelated Stories: Americas - USA, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, EADS, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Honeywell, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Transport & Utility, UAVs
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- EADS CEO says the company is looking to buy a medium-sized defense company in the US; last US acquisition was PlantCML.
- The use of metrology assisted machining, manufacturing, and assembly is growing in the aerospace sector.
- Strategy Analytics: Annual market for SATCOM-related electronics to grow from $796 million in 2009 to nearly $2.58 billion in 2020.
- Der Spiegel Online attempts to cover the growing use of UAVs, includes interview with Brookings’ Peter Singer (vid. “In the Loop? Armed Robots and the Future of War”)
- US Navy i-ENCON program saves 354,000 barrels of fuel during Q1 2010; 4.9% better than Q4 2009.
- WIRED Danger Room looks at ongoing issues with removable storage in US military, and the flip-side of its cyber-security efforts for operations.
- Boeing completes design of US Navy free electron laser weapon system to take out high-speed cruise missiles.
- Honeywell gets US Army order to maintain Cold War era Washington-Moscow hotline.
- CACI secures $219 million contract to provide C4ISR and IT to SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic.
