by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Alliances, European Union (EU), Events, Force Structure, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, UAVs, WMD Defenses
“Il n’y a pas de liberte, il n’y a pas d’egalite, il n’y a pas de fraternite sans securite.” — French President Nicolas Sarkozy By mid 2007 it seemed that France’s President Sarkozy was softening on defense after an...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
MX-20, aka. AN/ASX-4(click to view full) Oct 29/08: The Canadian government agency Canadian Commercial Corp. received a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity long-term contract for repair of the Advanced Imaging Multi-spectral Sensor used on the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Boeing, Events, Issues - Political, USA
Squaring the circle? It has been almost a decade since a strike at a US company created widespread industrial disruption, but Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have created exactly that outcome. Last-minute bargaining...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Training & Exercises, USA, Warfare - Trends
SEALs onto DDG-79(click to view full) Even with the advent of robotic USVs that have been used successfully near Iraq, humans who can board a ship and search it are still necessary. Special Forces like SEALs had been performing these duties, but wartime demands made...
