by Fred Donovan | Mar 8, 2011 | Air Reconnaissance, Alliances, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Blimps & LTA Craft, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - International, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Russia, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* More UK defense cuts this year, says Defence Equipment Minister Peter Luff. * North Korea attacks South Korean government computers. * The Pentagon’s quasi-decoy blimps idea is a good one. * The Sultanate of Brunei, in the Indonesian archipelago, has finally...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 7, 2011 | ABM, Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* Forbes critiques Pentagon’s rush to bring military functions performed by contractors in-house. * Union workers at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, GA plant ratify a 3-year labor contract, despite calls from union leaders to reject it. The plant manufactures...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 6, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Launch Vehicles, Leadership & People, Medical, Surface Ships - Combat, United Technologies, USA
* US Senate appropriators unveil a 7-month FY 2011 continuing resolution (CR) with $514 billion proposed for the defense base budget, $26 billion below what DoD wants and $2.1 billion less than the House-passed CR. * On the other hand, China is expanding its defense...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 3, 2011 | ABM, Africa - Other, Airbus, Americas - Other, BAE, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Marines, France, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Japan, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, RAFAEL, Russia, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* RAFAEL’s ASPRO-A/ Trophy (and see video) active protection system records its 1st live kill against an enemy anti-tank weapon (reportedly an unguided RPG). The Israeli Merkava tank crew only discovered they had been fired upon after the fact. This is one of...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 2, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Events, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Private, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* British PM David Cameron describes recent British military operations within Libya. Meanwhile, Canada has sent its JTF2 special forces unit, the civil war flares in Marsa Al Burayqah, and the rebels have Tobruk’s oil terminal working. * Russia busts arms...
