by Fred Donovan | Mar 7, 2010 | Budgets, China, Coastal & Littoral, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Support Functions - Other, USA
* China expects to boost defense spending by 7.5% this year, compared to a 14.9% increase in 2009. Washington Post | Wall Street Journal | Los Angeles Times | Xinhua News Agency * French-Russian gas deal seen as possible preliminary to sale of Mistral amphibious...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2010 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia
In 1998, with a global sales partnership in place for Saab’s JAS-39 Gripen fighter, BAE bought a 35% stake in Saab for 3.5 billion Swedish kronor. In March 2010, a month after BAE Systems settled bribery cases with the US and Britain over weapons sales that...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 7, 2010 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Field Innovations, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA
(click to view full) Up to $32 million to Lockheed Martin for submarine satellite communication prototype. (March 5/10) An impressive 18 companies won indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to develop integration and management technology for...