by Joe Katzman | Nov 4, 2007 | France, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political
Le Figaro reports that following France’s latest loss of its Moroccan Rafale fighter sale to used American F-16s, Sarkozy has set up a new high-level unit consisting of the president, the prime minister, the ministers of defense, finance and foreign affairs and...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 1, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, European Union (EU), France, Industry & Trends, Projections & Assessments
Europe(click to view full) Analyst firm Forecast International’s “Europe Market Overview” offers a less-than-optimistic view of Europe’s status as a defense market, and provide very relevant background to US Secretary of Defense Robert...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 1, 2007 | Contracts - Intent, Grenades, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Surface-Air, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
Hellfire II On Oct 29/07, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Israel’s formal request for a wide variety of missiles and ammunition. Previous orders have outfitted its air force for air-air and air-ground combat. While many of this...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 1, 2007 | Contracts - Intent, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Raytheon, USA
TOW-2A cutaway(click to view full) On Oct 29/07 the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Egypt’s formal request for 2,000 TOW 2A anti-armor guided missiles. The TOW 2A is an improved version of the original Tube-launched Optically-tracked...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 1, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Soldier's Gear, Transformation, USA
Dragon Runner”Throwbot” Goodrich Corp. subsidiary Sensors Unlimited Inc. in Princeton, NJ received a $1.25 million increment of a $5.7 million cost plus fixed fee contract to develop extremely small, lightweight, shortwave infrared imaging sensors on a...
