by Fred Donovan | Sep 20, 2010 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Explosives, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA, Warfare - Trends
* 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...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2010 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, France, Helicopters & Rotary
EC725 Cougar(click to view full) In March 2009, Mexico became the EC725 Cougar’s 2nd export customer, thanks to a Mexican Ministry of Defense order for 6 helicopters. Mexico followed Brazil, who became the EC725’s first export customer with a $1.1 billion...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 19, 2010 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Rockets, Scandals & Investigations, Training & Exercises, USA
* 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...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 16, 2010 | Airbus, Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Explosives, Fighters & Attack, France, IT - Cyber-Security, Launch Vehicles, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* 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,...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 16, 2010 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, UAVs, USA
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...
