by Joe Katzman | Jun 30, 2013 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, India, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat
Talwar class(click to view full) In July 2006, the Indian government announced that Russia would build 3 “stealth warships” for India under a Rs 5114 crore (INR 51.14 billion, then about $1.1 billion) contract signed in New Delhi. The contract actually...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, General Dynamics, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
The all-nuclearTask Force One, 1964(click to view full) There was a time when USS Enterprise was the most famous ship in the world. It still is, but these days, most people think of the fictional starship rather than the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier....
by Editorial Staff | Jun 28, 2013 | Africa - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
* Sean O’Keefe, head of EADS North America and the NDIA trade association, urges the US government to at least grant the Pentagon flexibility within sequestration-level budgets. * Latest from the US GAO: feed us more acquisition metrics; improve Army Industrial...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 27, 2013 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Middle East - Other, RFPs, Think Tanks, USA
* Big defense contracts in Eurocopter’s sights, according to La Tribune [in French]: the US, Qatar, Poland, Norway, India, and Malaysia. * The US started shipping weapons to Jordan to deliver them to Syrian rebels. * The US Air Force’s Cold Weather...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 26, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Radars, RFPs, Think Tanks
Forecast Me Not * IHS Jane’s is making the bold prediction that aggregated Asian defense budgets will supersede North America’s by 2021. Maybe. They don’t share their methodology but from their release it appears that by “forecast” they...
