by Editorial Staff | Jun 29, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Russia, United Technologies, USA
* United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney Canada pleaded guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act and making false statements in connection with its export to China of US-origin military software used in the development of China’s Z-10 attack...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2012 | ABM, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Logistics, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Thales, USA
* The US Missile Defense Agency’s FTM-18 test goes well, as the AEGIS BMD 4.0.1/ SM-3 block IB missile combination tracks & hits a separating ballistic missile target. That’s the same configuration that will be used on land in Europe, as of 2015. *...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 27, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lobbying, People, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, UAVs
* The CEOs of prime contractors including Lockheed Martin and EADS North America met with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to discuss how to avoid next year’s pending budget sequester. A previous meeting of industry bigwigs with the White House’s...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 26, 2012 | ABM, Asia - Other, China, Contracts - Intent, Daily Rapid Fire, France, India, Lockheed Martin, Russia, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat
* The US Air Force will hold an industry day tomorrow at its Eglin base in Florida on the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a research laboratory program that intends to demonstrate “a Mach 5+ (i.e. hypersonic) velocity weapon capable of holding fixed and...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 25, 2012 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Explosives, Field Innovations, Middle East - Other, Signals Radio & Wireless, T&C - SAIC, USA
CREW(counter-radio controlled improvised explosive device) systems deny enemy use of selected portions of the radio frequency spectrum, which could be used to set off radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIED). Radio-controlled devices are used to detonate...
