by Editorial Staff | Nov 4, 2013 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Germany, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Policy - Doctrine, South Korea, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Future Air Force Projects: Hypersonic but Sparse * The famed Mach 3+ SR-71 Blackbird spy plane has a successor on the drawing board at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works. Initial concepts for the “SR-72” involve an unmanned Mach 5+ craft with both strike...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 1, 2013 | Asia - Central, Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Middle East - Other, Russia, USA
Israel’s Defense Budget Settled with Decrease in the Rate of Increase * A few months ago it looked like Israel’s defense ministry would have to weather its share of net budget cuts. A rift between defense and treasury officials remained apparent until the...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 31, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, USA
NSA Euro Data Collection Flows Back to Local Deals, But Wait There’s More * Le Monde somewhat backtracked [in French] yesterday on its accusations that the NSA had conducted mass data collection in France. On Monday an article in the German press claimed there...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 30, 2013 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Singapore, Turkey, USA
NSA vs. NDAA * Intelligence oversight is likely to be one of the points of contention as the Senate attempts to finalize its FY14 defense authorization bill. Revenue Down, Profit Up, Cost Pinching * Harris Corporation reported Q1 FY14 sales down 5.5% to $1.19B. Among...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 29, 2013 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Germany, Industry & Trends, Israel, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Afghanistan Drawdown Update * Winter slows down combat in Afghanistan, and ISAF Commander General Dunford sounds rather optimistic about how the 2013 fighting season unfolded, but he recognizes that “[m]uch work remains to be done in developing the institutions,...
