by [email protected] | Jun 14, 2011 | Aircraft, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Electronics & IT, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Events, Geographical Focus, India, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Memoriam, News, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Politics, Russia, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* The US Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report [PDF] on policy options for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) estimates that DoD plans to acquire 730 UAS based on designs currently in operation, while also improving the unmanned aircraft already in service will...
by [email protected] | Jun 13, 2011 | Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Honeywell, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Radars, Security Contractor, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transport & Utility, USA
* Fitch Ratings grades Lockheed Martin’s financial status as ‘A-‘. The ratings are supported by such factors as Lockheed Martin’s competitive position in the defense sector and growth prospects for several large programs. F-35 program...
by [email protected] | Jun 13, 2011 | Air Reconnaissance, Aircraft, Asia - Other, Boeing, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, IAI, Industry & Trends, Japan, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, UAVs, USA
* A new report from Pike Research predicts that global military agencies’ spending on renewable energy technologies will continue to rise rapidly over the next two decades, growing from $1.8 billion per year in 2010 to $26.8 billion by 2030. Portable soldier...
by [email protected] | Jun 12, 2011 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Budgets, Domestic Security, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Official Reports, Policy - Doctrine, Politics, Think Tanks, USA
Leon Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee that his main objective as the new Defense Secretary will be to ensure that the United States continues to have the best trained, best equipped and strongest military in the world. Despite the Department of...
by [email protected] | Jun 10, 2011 | China, Contracts - Awards, Elbit Systems, European Union (EU), France, Honeywell, Logistics & Support, Naval Equipment, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, RFPs, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, UAVs, USA
* A new Electronics.Ca Publications report predicts that the global machine vision and vision guided robotics market will be worth $15.3 billion by 2015. The Asia Pacific region is expected to continue its dominance over this time period. * MDA, Ltd. and IAI’s...
