Rapid Fire: 2010-06-11
- Come together: Mergers and acquisition in defense industry are expected to increase in 2010, surpassing deal volumes in 2009, with larger companies acquiring smaller niche firms.
- Help wanted: US pushes NATO countries unwilling to send troops to Afghanistan to send more advisers to train Afghan police.
- Eurofighter Tranche 3B? Reports of a EUR 10 billion offer to partner countries surface at ILA Berlin 2010.
- Not covered: Russia plans to go ahead with sale of S-300 air defense systems to Iran, arguing that the systems are not covered by UN sanctions.
- Sailing away: Russia’s United Industrial Corp. plans to sell the Severnaya Verf and Baltiysky Zavod shipyards in St. Petersburg to the state-run United Shipbuilding Corp.
- Lockheed pushes Indian C-130J-30s to final stations on the manufacturing line, promises in-India delivery in February 2011.
- Outsourcing to India: EADS to shift some military aircraft development projects, including possibly the Eurofighter Typhoon, to its facility in Bangalore, India. Says this is independent of India’s M-MRCA fighter competition.
- It’s good to share: Pentagon IT execs discuss strategies for sharing sensitive information with other agencies.
