by Joe Katzman | Oct 15, 2008 | Events, India, Israel, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations
On Oct 14/08, India’s Election Commission announced dates for assembly polls in 5 key batleground states of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram. The announcement begins the countdown to national Parliamentary elections in 2009, and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 15, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying
On April 1/07 the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) and the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) merged to form Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), with a GBP 16 billion annual budget. Beginning at 10:30 AM GMT on Nov 18/08, Britain’s Defence Committee...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Finmeccanica, Laser & EM Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, Trucks & Transport, USA
On June 6/08, Applied Energetics, Inc. in Tucson, AZ received a $9.3 million cost plus fixed fee contract for the continued development and production of 10 anti-mine systems, plus spares, operator training and technical support for an overseas operational assessment....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2008 | Airbus, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat
Croatia(click to view full) by Igor Tabak Croatia’s famous Adriatic coastline is warmer than Finland’s, but its geography of long coastlines and near-shore islands in a narrow body of water lends itself to similar naval solutions and requirements. On July...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2008 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, Procurement Innovations, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport
SA-2 firing, 2007(click to view full) The Ceausescu regime was a poor performer even by communism’s low standards, which has left Romania with a long and difficult modernization task as it seeks to integrate into NATO. Romania certainly isn’t one of...
