by Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, People
* EADS subsidiary Cassidian named COO Bernhard Gerwert as its new CEO. Gerwert, a 59-year old German, joined EADS in 2004 replaces Stefan Zoller who left the group. * What’s new in China’s Type 052D destroyers? This remains to some extent speculative,...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 31, 2012 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, T&C - SAIC, USA
* SAIC announces it intends to split into two listed entities. The spin-off will focus on government and enterprise IT services, which they expect to be a $4B/year business. The bulk of SAIC’s work on defense programs will stay in what they call the...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 30, 2012 | Africa - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Germany, India, Russia
* Rear Adm. Yin Zhuo from the Chinese Navy is convinced that talks of increased US missile defense in Asia are meant to trick his country, as well as India, into diverting funds from conventional weapons into budget-draining ballistic weapons that would not be used in...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 29, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Japan, USA
* The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recommends [PDF] to grow US-Brazil defense trade through the promotion of corporate partnerships and easing technology transfer. The Institute for National Strategic Studies makes a similar assessment [PDF]...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 28, 2012 | Canada, General Dynamics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, People, Russia, Soldier's Gear, T&C - SAIC, USA
* The Congressional Research Service updated their report [PDF] on international conventional weapon sales with 2011 data. Agreements for new sales from the US to developing nations boomed above $56B or a close to 80% market share, leaving #2 Russia far behind. The...
