by Fred Donovan | Apr 20, 2011 | BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, DCNS, Europe - Other, France, Guns - Naval, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Private, Russia, Security & Secrecy, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - Booz Allen, Textron, USA
* Russia to invest $2.6 billion in ballistic missile systems with the goal of doubling production from 2013, says Prime Minister Putin. * Aviation Week offers an overview of Russia’s planned military helicopter buys over the next few years, and notes an issue...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 19, 2011 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), General Dynamics, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Medical, Mines & Countermine-IED, Policy - Procurement, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Soldier's Gear, Thales, United Technologies, USA, Warfare - Lessons
* The liberal-centrist hybrid warfare specialists at the Center for a New American Security think-tank release “Crime Wars: Gangs, Cartels and U.S. National Security”, and “Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 18, 2011 | ABM, Airbus, Americas - Other, Ammunition, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Legal, Scandals & Investigations, Transport & Utility, USA
* South Korea to spend KRW 2-3 trillion (about 1.8-2.8 billion dollars) on air and missile defense system to counter North Korean missile threat. * DoD tells Congress that 95 weapons programs had $64 billion in net cost increases; 7 major weapons programs are in...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 18, 2011 | C4ISR, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Soldier's Gear, Spotlight articles, USA
“Where does it hurt?”(click to view full) The US military is a military on the move. It also is a military on the computer and the network. Linking those two aspects together are notebook computers that can be taken on patrol as well as used on the flight...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 18, 2011 | Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Nuclear Weapons, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, USA, WMD Defenses, WMD Detection, WMD Proliferation
“Go Ahead, Make My Day”(click to view full) The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has undertaken an R&D effort to provide an integrated approach to combating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) known as the Research and Development Enterprise...
