by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Tanks & Mechanized, Textron, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* Full 2011 financial results: Textron saw growth at Bell, revenue decrease at Textron Systems. At $7.3B, Bell’s backlog has recovered from a reporting error announced by the company last quarter. * Meanwhile General Dynamics generated $32.7B of revenue last...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2012 | Asia - Central, Corporate Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Fuel & Power, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Logistics, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Pre-RFP, Public Partnering, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Latest updates: US Army initiatives. WANTED: stuff like this…(click to view full) On July 25/06 Al-Anbar commander and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer submitted an MNF-W priority 1 request. It pointed to the hazards inherent in American supply lines,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Environmental, Financial & Accounting, Forces - Special Ops, France, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, GPS Infrastructure, IT - General, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Robots, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
* According to Bloomberg the FY13 President Budget submission date has been postponed from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13. Meanwhile House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is suggesting to chip at sequestration one year at a time if rolling back the whole 10 years proves too...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2012 | Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Specialty Aircraft
Yak-130(click to view full) Russian media are reporting that Syria has signed a $550-million contract with Russia’s state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export agency, involving 36 Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets. The deal was reportedly struck in December...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Partnerships & Consortia, People, Policy - Doctrine, Politics, UAVs, United Technologies, USA
* Defense Secretary Panetta removes the F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing) from its 2-year probation, just 1 year in. Rolls Royce is very happy. James Hasik adds some thoughts about the timing. * Panetta also stated the US will keep 11 aircraft carriers. *...
