by Joe Katzman | Nov 22, 2011 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, United Technologies, USA
S-70i(click to view full) Thanks to its location on the oil-rich Island of Borneo, which it shares with Indonesia and Malaysia, the State of Brunei Darussalam is best known to most people as a frequent Guinness Book of World Records entry, with its Sultan as the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 21, 2011 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, United Technologies, USA
* U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during the Halifax International Security Forum last Friday: “I feel very confident that we’ll get funding for the F-35 program”. A day later Senator John McCain (R-AZ) answered: “We want the F-35 to...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2011 | Airbus, Budgets, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Official Reports, Raytheon, Sharpen yourself, Specialty Aircraft
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT to defend the principle of a sustained industrial base. EB announced earlier this month that it will lay off 52 people next January. * The FY12 defense authorization bill is...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2011 | Airbus, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Issues - Environmental, Lobbying, Other Corporation, RFPs, Rumours, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
Eurofighter over Dubai(click to view full) With the 2011 Dubai Airshow in full swing, the biggest question on site is: what’s happening to the UAE’s planned fighter deal? The United Arab Emirates’ interest in up to 60 Dassault Rafale fighters has...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2011 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, France, Missiles - Precision Attack, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, Rumours, Submarines, USA
* The British National Audit Office’s 2011 Major Projects report says that short-term cuts spurred by its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) has added GBP 500 million (about $785M) to its 15 largest defense projects. The UK MoD responds. *...
