by Fred Donovan | May 23, 2010 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA
* For Gates’ future Pentagon blueprint, look to his past? * Just say no: Pentagon chief wants president to veto defense spending bill if “unwanted” projects are funded. * Air dominance challenges: US intelligence analyst predicts China will have J-XX...
by Joe Katzman | May 23, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Partnerships & Consortia, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Textron, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200(click to view full) Sweden is a neutral country with forces in Afghanistan, who serve under the ISAF-led UN mission. In May 2010, their FMV procurement agency signed a contract to replace their existing Ugglan (Sperwer) UAVs with more modern systems. To...
by Joe Katzman | May 23, 2010 | Airbus, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, France, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other
Encore…(click to view – Francais) France’s RIFAN Operation stage 1 (Réseau IP de la Force AeroNavale) equipped 46 ships and 6 nuclear attack submarines with an IP-based, broadband networking capability. Over the next 5 years, the EUR 240 million...