Rapid Fire 2010-07-26: Ballistic Iran

Rapid Fire 2010-07-26: Ballistic Iran

* Going Nuclear?: US, South Korea hold naval exercises, involving 20 ships and submarines and 200 aircraft, despite North Korea’s threat to use its “nuclear deterrent.”. * Is that a Missile in Your Pocket?: A senior Iranian military commander claims...
Rapid Fire 2010-07-26: Ballistic Iran

Sector Outperforms: Grant Thornton Lookback on Defense M&A 2009

(click to view full) Guest Article by Ian Cookson If 2008 can be characterized as a year in which private equity buyers battled to acquire aircraft component manufacturers, then 2009 was a time of strategic acquirers fighting to secure defense technologies. 2009 was a...
Rapid Fire 2010-07-26: Ballistic Iran

Rapid Fire: 2010-07-23

* Wireless Through Steel: BAE’s new technology has big potential for submarines, nuclear power plants, armored vehicles, and more. * Eastern Allure: Defense industry execs are seeing unprecedented levels of interest in military aircraft from Middle Eastern and...
Rapid Fire 2010-07-26: Ballistic Iran

Rapid Fire: 2010-07-22 | IED Detection

* Diamond Anniversary: On the 60th anniversary of North Korea’s invasion of the South, the US and South Korea send North Korea a “gift” of tougher sanctions in response to March 26 sinking of ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class patrol combat...