by Fred Donovan | Nov 8, 2010 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, IT - General, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Policy - Personnel, R&D - Contracted, RFPs, Satellites & Sensors, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Training & Exercises, USA
* Outer space down under: US, Australia sign accord expanding space surveillance cooperation, which includes joint tracking of space junk, as well as cooperation on the US Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite programs. *...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 7, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, UAVs, USA
* US personnel ratchet up criticism of Pakistan, openly saying that Pakistan’s ISI is threatening to arrest Taliban commanders who reconcile with the Afghan government. ISI support of al-Qaeda and the Taliban has long been an open secret, made more open as a...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 4, 2010 | Australia & S. Pacific, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Medical, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Raytheon, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA, WMD Defenses
* EU countries are participating this week in Cyber Europe 2010, the first pan-European cybersecurity exercise. * Up and running: After a month’s delay, the DoD’s Cyber Command is fully operational. * The same cannot be said about the USA’s RFP to...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 3, 2010 | Americas - Other, Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Satellites & Sensors, Simulation & Training, USA
* Republican election victories in the House topple Armed Services Chair Skelton [D-MO], Seapower chair Taylor [D-MS]. Bloomberg looks at possible buying trends, while the AIA wonders if countering near-peer competitors like China will shade out immediate frontline...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 2, 2010 | Ammunition, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Fuel & Power, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Russia, Sensors - Aquatic, Support Functions - Other, UAVs, USA
* Entente cordial redux: UK, France ink historic defense accord that includes setting up a joint expeditionary force, shared use of aircraft carriers, cooperation on weapons procurement and logistics, and joint cybersecurity efforts. * Aviation Week reports that...
