by Joe Katzman | Apr 2, 2008 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Events, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Marketing & Advertising, Policy - Procurement
On July 25/07, new UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the UK MoD Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) will be shut down. The agency was set up in 1966, when the UK arms industry was largely state-owned and concerned with selling off surplus...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Other Corporation, Turkey
Seahawk fires Penguin(click to view full) Kongsberg recently announced a signed contract from the Turkish Navy worth roughly NOK 210 million (about $41 million). In return, the Norwegian firm will provide an unspecified number of Penguin short-range anti-ship missiles...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2008 | Events, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Support Functions - Other
F-16I: grounded(click to view full) Israel’s F-16I Soufa (“Storm”) is a highly modified version of the F-16D Block 52+ fighter, with a Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engine, an internally mounted FLIR (forward looking infrared system, and...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2008 | Boeing, Design Innovations, Events, Forces - Marines, Guns - under 20mm direct, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Remote Weapons Systems, Scandals & Investigations, Testing & Evaluation, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
MV-22 Osprey(click to view full) Every once in a while, a defense-related controversy becomes large enough to hit mainstream news outlets. Making the cover of TIME Magazine is often a good sign for world leaders, but it’s almost always a very bad sign for...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Medical, Other Corporation, USA, Warfare - Trends
Head X-Ray(click to view full) Brain injuries have become a focus of study and controversy received during the current war. This is partly the result of improved detection and understanding of maladies whose symptoms are sometimes subtle, and can be mistaken for...
