by Editorial Staff | Aug 31, 2012 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, T&C - SAIC, USA
* SAIC announces it intends to split into two listed entities. The spin-off will focus on government and enterprise IT services, which they expect to be a $4B/year business. The bulk of SAIC’s work on defense programs will stay in what they call the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, USA
Gyrocam on MRAP(click to view full) Gyrocam Systems, which was acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2009, has supplied a large number of 15″ class gyro-stabilised VOSS(Vehicle Optics Sensor System) surveillance turrets to the US military, mostly for mounting on...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, India, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Other Weapons, Rockets, Russia
Smerch 9K58 firing(click to view full) In February 2006, IANS reported that India had finally signed a $500 million deal with Russia for SPLAV’s Smerch-M BM 9K58 long-range 300mm multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). SMERCH systems will offer a huge capability...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 30, 2012 | Africa - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Germany, India, Russia
* Rear Adm. Yin Zhuo from the Chinese Navy is convinced that talks of increased US missile defense in Asia are meant to trick his country, as well as India, into diverting funds from conventional weapons into budget-draining ballistic weapons that would not be used in...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 29, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Japan, USA
* The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recommends [PDF] to grow US-Brazil defense trade through the promotion of corporate partnerships and easing technology transfer. The Institute for National Strategic Studies makes a similar assessment [PDF]...
