by Fred Donovan | Jan 10, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, IAI, Iraq, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
* Iraq to spend $26 billion on US aircraft, helicopters, tanks, armored vehicles, warships, and missiles, according to a Baghdad newspaper. * IAI’s Brazilian JV bidding to make its avionics, self defense systems part of Brazil’s KC-390 medium tactical...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 6, 2011 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Science - Basic Research, Signals Radio & Wireless, Simulation & Training, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Pentagon chief Robert Gates unveils a plan detailing $150 billion in service cuts and cost savings over the next 5 years, which will be reallocated to weapons programs. The most significant-but-overlooked item? Not any weapon, but the paperwork jihad: removal of 60%...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 5, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, France, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Signals Radio & Wireless, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, T&C - SAIC, Trucks & Transport, USA, UUVs & USVs
* Former Reagan defense official Lawrence Korb offers a plan to cut $1 trillion from Pentagon budget. * How videogames are changing the economy – and reversing a traditional role for military technologies. * South Korea plans to deploy Israeli-made Spike...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 4, 2011 | Asia - Central, Avionics, BAE, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Industry & Trends, Intelligence & PsyOps, Japan, Legal, Mines & Countermine-IED, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* After a bit of a panic, US immigration has extended a deadline for American companies to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they’re not improperly sharing “sensitive” information with foreign workers. The new deadline is Feb 20/11. *...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 3, 2011 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Forces - Marines, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Policy - Procurement, Sensors & Guidance, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA, Warfare - Trends, WMD Proliferation
* $2 billion in Afghan infrastructure projects under the US military’s Commander’s Emergency Response Program [PDF] are in disrepair, according to a report by the Washington Post. See also McClatchey’s ongoing coverage. * Meanwhile, the US Marines...
