by Editorial Staff | Jun 27, 2013 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Middle East - Other, RFPs, Think Tanks, USA
* Big defense contracts in Eurocopter’s sights, according to La Tribune [in French]: the US, Qatar, Poland, Norway, India, and Malaysia. * The US started shipping weapons to Jordan to deliver them to Syrian rebels. * The US Air Force’s Cold Weather...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 26, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Radars, RFPs, Think Tanks
Forecast Me Not * IHS Jane’s is making the bold prediction that aggregated Asian defense budgets will supersede North America’s by 2021. Maybe. They don’t share their methodology but from their release it appears that by “forecast” they...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 25, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Mines & Countermine-IED, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, RAFAEL, Raytheon, USA
* US Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall received [PDF] 90+ proposals from 50+ American companies interested in joint projects with India. He wants to remain realistic given India’s preference for local production: “We will carefully assess a number...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 24, 2013 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, Iraq, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Russia, Science - Basic Research, USA
* The office opened just days ago by the Taliban in Qatar to start peace negotiations used several signs of a nation state, including floating the flag they used when they held power in Afghanistan. They agreed to lower their profile on Sunday, but that is a telling...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 21, 2013 | Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, Heavy Bombers, Israel, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, Policy - Doctrine
* Syrian rebels have told AFP that they have started receiving an untold quantity of unknown weapons from an unnamed source, though they did say sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons were among this first shipment, with more to come. The EU embargo was lifted only 3...
