by Fred Donovan | Jun 3, 2010 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Financial & Accounting, Fuel & Power, Issues - International, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Marketing & Advertising, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA, UUVs & USVs
* USA sends aircraft carrier USS George Washington [CVN-73] to participate in South Korean naval exercises in the Yellow Sea. * Scaling the SUMMIT: Lockheed Martin gets ONR contract to develop software system – known as the Supervision of Unmanned vehicles...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 2, 2010 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Equipment - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Interoperability, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, USA
* SIRPI launches its 2010 yearbook, which includes its compiled arms sales data. * US arms sales to Taiwan seen as reason behind China’s snub of US Defense Secretary Gates. Taiwan’s successful frigate corruption lawsuit against Thales seen as reason for...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 1, 2010 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, GPS Infrastructure, IT - Software & Integration, Non-Lethal Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Remote Weapons Systems, Satellites & Sensors, Science - Basic Research, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA
* Australia details of A$ 1.1 billion in multi-year plans for equipment to protect deployed soldiers. * Frost & Sullivan: Military demand for satellite capacity contributes to industry’s resurgence. * As the military and intelligence turn to the web and...
by Fred Donovan | May 31, 2010 | Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Issues - Political, IT - General, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* US to help South Korea plug gaps in naval defense. * UK coalition government announces new defense ministers. * Project H-XBR: Eurocopter, Brazil open Brazilian center of excellence, hold first EC725 test flight. * DoD’s Operationally Responsive Space Office...
by Fred Donovan | May 27, 2010 | Asia - Other, BAE, Budgets, C4ISR, Clothing, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Guns - Naval, Issues - International, Medical, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, South Korea, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, University-related, USA
* South Korean Navy conducts anti-submarine warfare drills off west coast as tensions run high over North Korea’s sinking of ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class patrol combat corvette. South Korean ambassador to the US ponders the aftermath. [PDF] *...
