by Fred Donovan | May 24, 2011 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, General Atomics, GPS Infrastructure, IAI, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Power Projection, Projections & Assessments, Raytheon, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Other, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* The global armored vehicle and counter IED vehicle market is predicted to reach $25.1 billion this year, but decline to $24.1 billion by 2021, according to ASDReports.com * Russian prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against space officials over 4.3 billion...
by Fred Donovan | May 23, 2011 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, France, India, L3 Communications, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Detection
* US Supreme Court throws out lower court ruling that would have required Boeing and General Dynamics to repay $3 billion to the federal government for the cancelled A-12 Avenger fighter program. * Does SpaceX have lessons to teach NASA? After it spends under $400...
by Fred Donovan | May 22, 2011 | ABM, Alliances, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, India, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Ballistic, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Russia, UAVs, Underwater Weapons, USA
* Die Welt reports that Iran & Venezuela are collaborating on a hardened underground silo complex for Shebab-3 medium range ballistic missiles, on the Paraguana peninsula above Coro, Venezuela. * A leaked UN report says Iran and North Korea are exchanging...
by Fred Donovan | May 19, 2011 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Explosives, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Northrop-Grumman, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, Rockets, Simulation & Training, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Global defense budget is expected to reach $1.1 trillion in 2012, according to ASDReports.com * Lockheed Martin gets $45.3 million order to upgrade 22 Finnish Army M270 multiple launch rocket systems, enabling them to fire GPS-guided munitions. * BAE Systems gets...
by Fred Donovan | May 18, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Engineer Units, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, India, Industry & Trends, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Lockheed Martin, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Science - Basic Research, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, USA
* US Army Corp of Engineers unveils $5 billion Civil Works plan for FY 2011. * Nearly 1,000 workers at 3 defense contractors in the Washington, DC area – General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman – are being laid off this year, the Washington...
