by Fred Donovan | Feb 8, 2011 | Alliances, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Food-related, France, India, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Leadership & People, Legal, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Outer Space, Policy - Personnel, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* US, French defense chiefs ink agreement on space situational awareness. * Global defense firm are vying for a piece of India’s defense industry, which Boeing expects to be worth $31 billion in 10 years. * Bridge over the River Arghandab?: Portable bridges...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 7, 2011 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, RFPs, Robots, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Simulation & Training, Submarines, USA
* Defense industry is running out of patience with Congress over FY2011 defense appropriations. Since the last Congress failed to pass a budget, the “continuing resolution’s” expiry could create a crisis of mismatched funds. The hardest hit service...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 6, 2011 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Engines - Aircraft, France, Israel, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Policy - Doctrine, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Space Warfare, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA, UUVs & USVs
* DoD and the US intelligence community pledge to bolster the space industrial base, update space technology export controls, and pursue strategies for fighting in a degraded space environment, according to the new National Security Space Strategy. * What is the...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 3, 2011 | Asia - Other, Blimps & LTA Craft, Boeing, Coastal & Littoral, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, Radars, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* DoD report to Congress on contracting fraud [PDF] details civil and criminal fraud committed by over 100 contractors, many of whom continued to receive funds from the department. * General Dynamics’ 10 million share buyback would be worth $757 million based on...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 2, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Issues - International, IT - General, Launch Facilities, Launch Vehicles, Medical, Missiles - Precision Attack, Outer Space, Radars, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
* A governmental commission is investigating whether Russia’s GEO-IK-2 satellite – designed to gather gravitational data to improve guidance of ballistic missiles and launched Feb 1/02 aboard a Rokot rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome – is stranded...
