by Joe Katzman | Jul 29, 2012 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, GE, Helicopters & Rotary, United Technologies, USA
UH-60 Blackhawk According to Sikorsky, Colombia’s Air Force, Army, and national police forces make that country the 3rd largest fleet operator of its S-70/UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters. Ongoing defense modernization, and a continuing operation against...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 26, 2012 | Airbus, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Japan, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Radars, Russia, Scandals & Investigations
Spending above the waterline The CBO(Congressional Budget Office) analyzed [PDF] the latest long-term shipbuilding plans of the US Navy and thinks that despite lowering the number of ships they intend to procure, the DoN is significantly underestimating how much their...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 25, 2012 | Canada, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport
MXT Husky(click to view full) In late July, Canada’s RCMP(Royal Canadian Mounted Police, aka. “Mounties”) federal police force took delivery of 18 new Tactical Armoured Vehicles (TAVs), based on Navistar’s MXT-APC. Navistar’s MXTs are...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 25, 2012 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Boeing, Canada, China, Fighters & Attack, India, Legal, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, RAFAEL, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, USA
Punching above its weight The 656-ton Singaporean mini-corvette RSS Victory successfully fires a Barak-1 anti-aircraft missile during joint exercises with the USN in the South China Sea. It’s hardly the 1st time, and the inconvenient truth its that these ships...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, France, Germany, Mines & Countermine-IED, Soldier's Gear, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* British military procurement is to make a big step if Philip Hammond’s statement [PDF] to Parliament last week is followed up by implementation. The Defence Minister wants to turn Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) into a Government Owned, Contractor...
