by Fred Donovan | May 23, 2010 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA
* For Gates’ future Pentagon blueprint, look to his past? * Just say no: Pentagon chief wants president to veto defense spending bill if “unwanted” projects are funded. * Air dominance challenges: US intelligence analyst predicts China will have J-XX...
by Joe Katzman | May 23, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Partnerships & Consortia, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Textron, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200(click to view full) Sweden is a neutral country with forces in Afghanistan, who serve under the ISAF-led UN mission. In May 2010, their FMV procurement agency signed a contract to replace their existing Ugglan (Sperwer) UAVs with more modern systems. To...
by Joe Katzman | May 23, 2010 | Airbus, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, France, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other
Encore…(click to view – Francais) France’s RIFAN Operation stage 1 (Réseau IP de la Force AeroNavale) equipped 46 ships and 6 nuclear attack submarines with an IP-based, broadband networking capability. Over the next 5 years, the EUR 240 million...
by Fred Donovan | May 20, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GPS Infrastructure, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Launch Vehicles, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Pre-RFP, Radars, Robots, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Underwater Weapons
* US House Armed Services Committee approves FY 2011 defense authorization bill with controversial provisions on F-35’s F136 engine and KC-X aerial tanker procurement, along with strong language re: continued Super Hornet buys. HASC summary [PDF] * Will new UK...
by Fred Donovan | May 19, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Raytheon, Robots, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, Trucks & Transport, USA
* US Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment’s releases “AirSea Battle: A Point of Departure Operational Concept”, (PDF Release | Full report | Slides) describing how the US Navy can respond to growing threats from surveillance-strike complexes...
