by Fred Donovan | Feb 3, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Events, Fighters & Attack, Financial & Accounting, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Laser & EM Weapons, Lobbying, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, UAVs, USA
* Littoral Combat Ship: program updates. * A British green paper calls for enhanced military cooperation between the UK and France. Industry says: what about R&D? * India orders BEL’s Akash medium range surface-to-air missile systems. * India issues...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 3, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Raytheon, USA
AGM-65D Fired From F-16(click to view full) Raytheon received a $170 million foreign military sales contract from the USAF to produce AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface missiles for the UAE. AGM-65 rose to prominence during Desert Storm, when...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 3, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Financial & Accounting, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
Unisys Clearpath Server(click to view full) While it might be more thrilling to imagine US Special Operations Forces getting critical intelligence about enemy movements through a laptop computer in the field, the bread and butter of US Department of Defense IT are...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 2, 2010 | Contracts - Awards
* US DOD: FY 2011 Budget materials. * Shares of major US defense companies gained in trading following the unveiling of the Obama administration’s FY 2011 defense budget that would increase defense spending by 3.4%. * The Pentagon is proposing to spend $4...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 2, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Robots, Soldier's Gear
DARPA’s LS3 concept(click to view full) Looking like a robotic mule, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will carry 400 pounds of equipment for US soldiers and Marines over rugged terrain...
