Rapid Fire 2011-02-01: Swedish Defense Market Flat

Rapid Fire 2011-02-01: Swedish Defense Market Flat

* Swedish defense spending is expected to grow at an anemic 0.36% per year over the next 4 years, reaching $5.4 billion by 2015, according to iCD Research. * Strategy Analytics: US defense semiconductor sector is expected to post 6% compound annual average growth rate...
Rapid Fire 2011-02-01: Swedish Defense Market Flat

Rapid Fire 2011-01-31: Defense Business Transformation

* GAO reports: DoD is having trouble counting [PDF] all of its service contractors; Defense Business Transformation initiative [PDF] has flaws; and ballistic missile defense plan for Europe has unrealistic cost estimates [PDF]. * Is Pentagon chief Robert Gates...
Rapid Fire 2011-02-01: Swedish Defense Market Flat

Rapid Fire 2011-01-28: Portable Gas Turbines

* Defense budget cuts split HASC Republicans between hawks and Tea Partiers. * With a bevy of batteries weighing soldiers down, MIT’s research into mini gas turbines in a silicon chip promises a possible way out. * US Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, which...
Rapid Fire 2011-02-01: Swedish Defense Market Flat

Rapid Fire 2011-01-27: Patrol Boats for Latvia

* General Dynamics sees a 19% jump in 4th quarter earnings, fueled for demand for military vehicles and ships. * Bad News: Boeing’s net income and revenues drop 8% for the 4th quarter [PDF], due in part to cuts in defense programs. * New HASC Chairman Howard...