by Fred Donovan | Sep 20, 2010 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Explosives, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA, Warfare - Trends
* US GAO looks at “hybrid warfare,” and its implications for Pentagon planning. * Across the Pond: French, British defense firms divvy up US biometrics and intelligence services firm L-1 Identity Solutions for a combined $1.6 billion. * US Army sends PEO...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 19, 2010 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Rockets, Scandals & Investigations, Training & Exercises, USA
* Give Peace a Chance? Despite increasing belligerence coming from the north, including deployment of an additional 200 250mm MLRS rocket launchers along the border, South Korea is proposing holding inter-Korean military talks. * A Scoop NZ story on the Indian arms...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 16, 2010 | Airbus, Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Explosives, Fighters & Attack, France, IT - Cyber-Security, Launch Vehicles, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* EADS Astrium will market SpaceX’s Falcon 1e rockets as a lower-cost launch option for European customer to put small payloads into Low Earth Orbit. Agreement runs through to 2015. * The German Air Force is grounding all 55 of its Eurofighters, made by EADS,...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 15, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, France, India, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Pre-RFP, Russia, Small Business, USA, WMD Defenses
* Reviewing the Review: A UK House of Commons Defence Committee report criticizes the UK government for haste and a lack of consultation with the defense industry in its Strategic Defence and Security Review; UK MoD responds. And RUSI’s Michal Clarke offers his...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 14, 2010 | Americas - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics: As Congress consider the Obama administration’s $2 billion FY 2011 request for Iraqi security forces, the GAO says [PDF] that Iraq has a budget surplus of $52.1 billion and should pay more for its own defense; the Pentagon disputes...
