by [email protected] | Aug 10, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Conferences & Events, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), IAI, Israel, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Other Weapons, Polar Regions, RAFAEL, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awards Lockheed Martin a $13 million contract to continue maintenance of the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS). Should NAVAIR exercise the three remaining options, the contract value could rise to $50.2 million....
by [email protected] | Aug 9, 2011 | Air Reconnaissance, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, BAE, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Projections & Assessments, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, United Technologies, USA
* Boeing and Siemens form a strategic alliance to develop ‘smart grid’ technologies to improve energy access and security for US military installations. * Teal Group’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems – 2011 predicts that global UAV expenditure...
by [email protected] | Aug 8, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Domestic Security, European Union (EU), Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, USA
* As politicians send condolences to families of servicemen killed in the CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash, consideration is given to the development of countermeasures to protect military aircraft from low-tech weapons. * An internal audit of Ferrostal by...
by [email protected] | Aug 5, 2011 | Americas - Other, Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Defense Secretary Leon Panetta describes the ‘sequestration’ element of the United States’ new debt-reduction law as a ‘doomsday mechanism’ that would result in a dangerous new round of defense cuts. * The UK Opposition maintains the...
by [email protected] | Aug 4, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DCNS, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Israel, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Rumours, Russia, Transport & Utility, USA
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responds to the debt ceiling agreement by declaring that the Department of Defense’s spending choices must be based on sound strategy and policy and not result in the weakening of national security. * The deputy chief of...
