by Fred Donovan | Oct 11, 2010 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Bases & Infrastructure, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Environmental, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, USA, UUVs & USVs
* As shipbuilder Fincantieri’s civilian business sags, reports surface of pressure to merge with Finmeccanica. * Australia’s DSTO has a money saving solution for C-130J Super Hercules operators. * Attacks Down Under: Monthly cyber attacks against...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 7, 2010 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Robots, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Space Warfare, Submarines, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* Try, Try Again: After a 1-year testing hiatus because of repeated failure, Russia’s Navy successfully test-fires its Bulava (SS-NX-30) 3-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying 10 nuclear warheads up to 5,000 miles. * Demolition Derby:...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 6, 2010 | BAE, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, People, Radars, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Science - Basic Research, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
* 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Andre Geim explains why graphene is the stuff of the future. DARPA agrees, and so does the Pentagon’s MURI. * A US NAVAIR PMA-202 employee shares her experiences deploying to Iraq. * US government contractors will face more...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 5, 2010 | ABM, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Field Reports, Fuel & Power, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Environmental, L3 Communications, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Navistar, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Trends, WMD Detection
* Changing the Rules: The UK government plans to rewrite the rules governing defense contracts. * Mexico’s “Blog Del Narco” has stepped into a media void as the go-to publication for Cartel War reporting, used as a source – and a tool. Welcome...
by Fred Donovan | Oct 4, 2010 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Biological Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Defenses, WMD Proliferation
* DARPA’s Prophecy project looks to stay a step ahead of virus evolution, something with strong public health relevance as well as defensive military uses. That’s good, because the US State Department’s new arms control compliance report shows that...
