by Fred Donovan | Jun 13, 2010 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Rep. Barney Frank’s left wing and libertarian “Sustainable Defense Task Force” group reports [PDF]; supposedly identifies $1 trillion in Pentagon budget cuts. * UK’s new defense minister Liam Fox “sets out his priorities” for...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 10, 2010 | Airbus, Alliances, Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Russia, Training & Exercises, USA
* Come together: Mergers and acquisition in defense industry are expected to increase in 2010, surpassing deal volumes in 2009, with larger companies acquiring smaller niche firms. * Help wanted: US pushes NATO countries unwilling to send troops to Afghanistan to send...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2010 | Alliances, Coastal & Littoral, Domestic Security, Events, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, USA
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, MBDA, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Partnerships & Consortia
June 9/10: Finmeccanica subsidiary SELEX Sistemi Integrati announces [PDF] a 5-year, EUR 238 million contract from the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Land Armaments General Directorate, for a digitized system known as Forza NEC (Network Enabled Capability). The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2010 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat
USCG Boutwell, Iraq(click to view larger) In June 2010, India’s largest privately-owned ship-builder, Pipavav Shipyard, won a Rs 2,600 crore (about $553.5 million) contract, as the lowest bidder to build 5 new 110m, 2,000t offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the...
