by Fred Donovan | Aug 31, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, Issues - International, Lockheed Martin, Nuclear Weapons, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA, WMD Defenses
* China’s FY 2010 defense spending increased 7.5% to $78 billion, says Taiwan defense report. * Up and Down: Wells Fargo upgrades outlook for Raytheon’s shares due to significant international sales by the company, while the investment bank downgrades the...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 30, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, IT - General, Legal, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, USA
* French defense industry needs to be rationalized, which includes reducing government funding for defense R&D and encouraging aerospace supplier Safran and defense electronics firm Thales to swap assets, says French defense minister. * President Obama pledges...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 29, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - International, Japan, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* Yellow Sea Exercises: The North Sea Fleet (Beihai Fleet) of the Chinese Navy plans to hold live-ammunition naval exercises, from Sept 1 to 4, in the Yellow Sea, located between the China coast and the Korean peninsula. * Set Them Free: Japanese advisory panel to the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, Logistics, Other Corporation, T&C - CSC, USA
AGM-154 JSOW, loading(click to view full) The US Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Contracting Department’s Philadelphia Office recently awarded a trio of contracts that provide program management and technical support services for the Naval Operational...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 29, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier Can’t Be Beat Fence & Construction, LLC in Perkinston, MS recently won a $12.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build an addition to the existing Strategic Weapons System Engineering Facility (Building 3334), at Naval...
