by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Tanks & Mechanized, Textron, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* Full 2011 financial results: Textron saw growth at Bell, revenue decrease at Textron Systems. At $7.3B, Bell’s backlog has recovered from a reporting error announced by the company last quarter. * Meanwhile General Dynamics generated $32.7B of revenue last...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 25, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Chemical Weapons, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, People, Soldier's Gear, Submarines
* Frank Kendall has been confirmed as US undersecretary for defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, pending Senate confirmation. He’s been holding the job in an acting capacity since Ashton Carter was promoted to be Deputy SecDef back in September. *...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2012 | Asia - Central, Corporate Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Fuel & Power, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Logistics, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Pre-RFP, Public Partnering, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Latest updates: US Army initiatives. WANTED: stuff like this…(click to view full) On July 25/06 Al-Anbar commander and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer submitted an MNF-W priority 1 request. It pointed to the hazards inherent in American supply lines,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Environmental, Financial & Accounting, Forces - Special Ops, France, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, GPS Infrastructure, IT - General, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Robots, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
* According to Bloomberg the FY13 President Budget submission date has been postponed from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13. Meanwhile House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is suggesting to chip at sequestration one year at a time if rolling back the whole 10 years proves too...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2012 | Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Specialty Aircraft
Yak-130(click to view full) Russian media are reporting that Syria has signed a $550-million contract with Russia’s state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export agency, involving 36 Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets. The deal was reportedly struck in December...
