by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2008 | India, Industry & Trends, Official Reports, Other Corporation
India’s defense industry has some measure of transparency due to the country’s democratic structure and rule of law, but a powerful bureaucratic tradition contributes a parallel level of obfuscation that makes information less forthcoming than it is in...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2008 | Europe - Other, France, India, Other Corporation, RFPs, Russia, Submarines
Scorpene construction(click to view full) Infodefensa relays a Negocios newspaper report [Espanol] that Navantia has submitted its S-80 Class currently under development for Spain, in response to an Indian Navy RFP for a follow-on submarine purchase. The purchase...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Training & Exercises, USA
Fix that pipe!(click to view full) When things go wrong on a naval ship, they can go very badly wrong indeed. Accidents, hostile fire, or hazardous conditions can force a crew to fight to save their vessel. Since humans don’t survive very well in open ocean,...
