Rapid Fire July 31, 2013: Meet the Airbus Group (Formerly EADS)

Rapid Fire July 31, 2013: Meet the Airbus Group (Formerly EADS)

* EADS announced revenue up 6% to 26.3 billion ($34.9B) for the 1st half of 2013. Defense grew by 3% to 5 billion euros ($6.6B). Confirming recent reports, the group is taking the Airbus name, and regrouping its defense activities under the Airbus Defence & Space...
Rapid Fire July 31, 2013: Meet the Airbus Group (Formerly EADS)

Stiletto Stealth Ships: Look Different. Ride Different. Buy Different

M-Ship Stiletto(click to view full) With the formal roll-out of the 88-foot Stiletto stealth ship and its cutting-edge “M-Hull” wave-damping design on Jan 31/06, the late Vice-Admiral Cebrowski’s legacy of advocating “the small, the fast and...
Rapid Fire July 31, 2013: Meet the Airbus Group (Formerly EADS)

Rapid Fire July 29, 2013: No Spying Acknowledged in NSA vs NZ

* The roll call that defeated the Amash-Conyers amendment to the FY14 House Appropriations bill was close enough that several congressmen have since the reiterated their support for or opposition against attempts to limit the NSA’s phone data gathering. It seems...
Rapid Fire July 31, 2013: Meet the Airbus Group (Formerly EADS)

No Tanks: Iraq’s “Etcetera” American Armor

M88 and M1(click to view full) It takes more than tanks to make up an armored division. Iraq’s purchases of M1 Abrams tanks has attracted a lot of attention, and SIGIR reports of a deal for M2/M3 Bradley fighting vehicles were noteworthy. But Iraq’s DSCA...