by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2012 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, USA
GBU-39: Gotcha.(click to see results) Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Phase I (SDB-I) is a specially shaped 250-pound bomb. Its thin and pointed shape gives it extra punch against buildings and hardened targets, its pop-out wings give it very good glide...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2012 | Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fuel & Power, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, MBDA, Pre-RFP, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, USA
* The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) updated its military expenditure database with 2011 numbers. Their estimate of $1.7 trillion is about flat in real terms, once inflation and exchange rate fluctuations are taken into account. Africa...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 16, 2012 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Polar Regions, T&C - Booz Allen
* The US and the UK have finalized a bilateral defense trade treaty that puts in place a new exemption (§126.17- the UK Exemption) to ITAR(International Traffic in Arms Regulations). See Frequently Asked Questions. * QinetiQ touts BAE’s use of its Paramarine...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IAI, India, Israel, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, Russia, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, UAVs
* South Korea’s Daewoo continues to expand its military shipbuilding reach. Fresh off wins in Indonesia (Type 209 submarines) and Britain (MARS support ship/ oilers), it has signed an MoU with Peru for submarines and “multi-role support ships.” To...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2012 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Japan, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Britain’s Type 45 air defense destroyers Dragon & Defender are finishing up 2nd trials. They share the PAAMS combat system and Aster-30 long-range air defense missiles with France’s Horizon Class, which just shot down a Coyote maneuvering supersonic...
