by Fred Donovan | Feb 10, 2010 | Bombs - Smart, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, Missiles - Precision Attack, Raytheon, USA
US Spectrum Chart(click to view full) With the explosion in the number of cell phones and other commercial wireless devices, the US Federal Communications Commission has had to take spectrum used by US government agencies and shift it over to commercial use. To fund...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 9, 2010 | Budgets, Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - General, Launch Facilities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, Textron, USA
* Russia’s top military officer says US missile defense in Europe should be curbed in new arms control treaty. * Russia is developing the T50/PAK-FA stealth fighter, but can aircraft maker Sukhoi meet the 2015 deadline? AvWeek DTI analysis. * Commander of...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 9, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Launch Facilities, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Support Functions - Other, USA
SSI launch facilities(click to view full) Spaceport Systems International (SSI), a Lompoc, CA-based partnership between ITT Corp. and California Commercial Spaceport, received a $48 million contract to provide launch services for the Launch Test Squadron within the...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 9, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
Chemical weapons disposal(click to view full) To destroy chemical weapons, the US Army can’t just throw them in an incinerator. They have to be destroyed carefully so that no harmful chemicals are released into the air or water supplies. In 2009, the US Army,...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 8, 2010 | Airbus, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, France, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, USA
* Russia’s revised official military doctrine to include preemptive nuclear strikes. * France expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to sell 3 additional Mistral class amphibious assault ships to Russia. * Russia’s PAK-FA stealth fighter: more than...
