Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

* US GAO looks at “hybrid warfare,” and its implications for Pentagon planning. * Across the Pond: French, British defense firms divvy up US biometrics and intelligence services firm L-1 Identity Solutions for a combined $1.6 billion. * US Army sends PEO...
Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

Rapid Fire 2010-09-20: Optionally Manned UAVs

* Give Peace a Chance? Despite increasing belligerence coming from the north, including deployment of an additional 200 250mm MLRS rocket launchers along the border, South Korea is proposing holding inter-Korean military talks. * A Scoop NZ story on the Indian arms...
Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

Rapid Fire: 2010-09-17

* EADS Astrium will market SpaceX’s Falcon 1e rockets as a lower-cost launch option for European customer to put small payloads into Low Earth Orbit. Agreement runs through to 2015. * The German Air Force is grounding all 55 of its Eurofighters, made by EADS,...
Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

DARPA’s Vulture: What Goes Up, Needn’t Come Down

Initial Boeing concept(click to view full) Phase 2 contract for Boeing/ QinetiQ’s SolarEagle. (Sept 15/10) In April 2008, 3 teams received Phase 1 contracts to begin developing develop a radical new aircraft, under a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...