by Fred Donovan | May 20, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GPS Infrastructure, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Launch Vehicles, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Pre-RFP, Radars, Robots, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Underwater Weapons
* US House Armed Services Committee approves FY 2011 defense authorization bill with controversial provisions on F-35’s F136 engine and KC-X aerial tanker procurement, along with strong language re: continued Super Hornet buys. HASC summary [PDF] * Will new UK...
by Fred Donovan | May 19, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Raytheon, Robots, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, Trucks & Transport, USA
* US Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment’s releases “AirSea Battle: A Point of Departure Operational Concept”, (PDF Release | Full report | Slides) describing how the US Navy can respond to growing threats from surveillance-strike complexes...
by Fred Donovan | May 18, 2010 | ABM, Alliances, Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* India mulls increasing foreign investment limits on domestic defense firms [PDF]. The current maximum is 26%. * Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council releases “Net Generation guide,” a 128-page report by the that focuses on preparing for...
by Fred Donovan | May 17, 2010 | BAE, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Engineer Units, Environmental, India, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Logistics, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Pentagon drafts new conflict of interest rules for contractors. * US Defense Secretary Gates’ effort to cut defense spending could hurt stock prices of US defense firms. That sort of follows, doesn’t it? * Learning from sponges to make glass that’s...
by Fred Donovan | May 16, 2010 | ABM, Airbus, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - General, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* President Obama proposes a 10-year, $80 billion plan to modernize the USA’s nuclear arsenal, and comply with the recent arms reduction treaty that he signed with Russia. * US House Armed Services Committee Republicans unveil the beginnings of a party approach...
