by Fred Donovan | Aug 31, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, Issues - International, Lockheed Martin, Nuclear Weapons, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA, WMD Defenses
* China’s FY 2010 defense spending increased 7.5% to $78 billion, says Taiwan defense report. * Up and Down: Wells Fargo upgrades outlook for Raytheon’s shares due to significant international sales by the company, while the investment bank downgrades the...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 30, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, IT - General, Legal, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, USA
* French defense industry needs to be rationalized, which includes reducing government funding for defense R&D and encouraging aerospace supplier Safran and defense electronics firm Thales to swap assets, says French defense minister. * President Obama pledges...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 29, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - International, Japan, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* Yellow Sea Exercises: The North Sea Fleet (Beihai Fleet) of the Chinese Navy plans to hold live-ammunition naval exercises, from Sept 1 to 4, in the Yellow Sea, located between the China coast and the Korean peninsula. * Set Them Free: Japanese advisory panel to the...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 26, 2010 | Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Pre-RFP, Satellites & Sensors, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* Try Again: US Army cancels competition for development of the next-generation Ground Combat Vehicle IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) after review by Pentagon acquisition officials; revised rules for a more affordable program expected in 60 days. * 10% Off Everything:...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 25, 2010 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Expeditionary Warfare, Issues - Environmental, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, People, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, Training & Exercises, USA
* Flash Dance: A flash drive that uploaded malicious code into the US Central Command network in 2008 provided an unidentified foreign intelligence service with undetected access to classified US information, admits a US Pentagon official in a Foreign Affairs article....
