by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Corporate Financials, Mergers & Acquisitions, Thales
French defense electronics group Thales announced a modest 2.5% rise in net profit for 2005 to EUR 334 million, while announcing plans to go on the offensive in foreign markets with a EUR 1 billion ($1.19 billion at current conversion) fund for acquisitions. In its...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Airbus, Corporate Financials
European defense industry giant EADS recently announced its FY 2005 results. Amidst a year that saw it close out a deal for 10% of Russia’s SU-30 source Irkut Corp., buy Atlas Elektronik from BAE, and open an Alabama facility to help it focus on the US market,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, USA
F-22A Raptor(click to enlarge) The Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH recently awarded a pair of firm-fixed-price, cost-plus fixed-fee contract modifications related to the F-22A Raptor fighter. Both are undefinitized...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | C4ISR, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends, USA, Warfare - Trends
Charles Clark of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has an interesting article in EDN Magazine called “Parts Are Parts,” discussing the trend toward Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) electronics for military systems, and some of the additional work and...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | C4ISR, India, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless
India Defence reports that India’s President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam recently dedicated the Army Wide Area Network (AWAN), which has been designed to connect all Army formations, units, training establishments and logistic installations in the country. Kalam...
