by Fred Donovan | Aug 17, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - International, Other Corporation, Training & Exercises, USA
* National Defense magazine: “With Gates’ Proposals, the Edge Of the Perfect Storm Comes Ashore” * China Resurgent: DoD’s overdue report to Congress on China’s military capabilities says China is beefing up its ballistic and cruise...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 16, 2010 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Chemicals & HAZMAT, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fighters & Attack, GE, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Leadership & People, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Weapons, Russia, South Korea, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA, WMD Detection
* South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak lays out a 3-step process for reunification of the peninsula. It is not a return to his predecessor’s anti-American “sunshine policy,” and includes a reunification tax to begin preparing for the massive costs of...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 12, 2010 | Alliances, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Food-related, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, USA
* To Russia, with Sub: Russia’s Zvezdochka shipyard begins an $80 million overhaul of India’s S63 INS Sindhurakshak submarine, an improved Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine that Russia built for India. * Simulated Revenues: Canada’s CAE expects a...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 11, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Medical, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Russia, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* India’s comptroller and auditor general criticizes the Defense Ministry’s plans to build an army carbine factory in Amethi, northeast India, for poor site selection, defective planning, and hasty decision making. * Meanwhile, the Indian Navy is...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 10, 2010 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Bombs - Smart, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, India, Israel, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, USA
* “War on Waste” – DoD CIO and Business Transformation Agency, along with JFCOM, will be casualties of Defense Secretary Gates’ $100 billion effort to trim the defense budget; support contractors will be cut by 10% per year over 3 years. But...
