by Fred Donovan | May 13, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Russia, USA
* UK aerospace and defense stocks drive up London FTSE 100 index. * Former Russian air force chief says Russia is 25 to 30 years behind the US in develop air defenses. * Columnist Daniel Darling of The Faster Times considers European defense spending in the aftermath...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2010 | France, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport
Panhard PVP(click to view larger) France has contracted with Panhard General Defense for 187 Petits Vehicules Proteges (PVP) light protected vehicles. This is the final tranche of a total order for 933 PVPs, awarded in September 2004. Initial deliveries began in April...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2010 | India, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement
In “India’s Defense Market: Obstacles to Modernization” DID looked at the various organizational pathologies that were creating repeated failures for Indian defense procurement efforts, to the point that billions of dollars were being appropriated...
