by Fred Donovan | Aug 16, 2010 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Chemicals & HAZMAT, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fighters & Attack, GE, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Leadership & People, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Weapons, Russia, South Korea, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA, WMD Detection
* South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak lays out a 3-step process for reunification of the peninsula. It is not a return to his predecessor’s anti-American “sunshine policy,” and includes a reunification tax to begin preparing for the massive costs of...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2010 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Field Reports, Issues - Political, Launch Vehicles, Policy - Doctrine, Satellites & Sensors, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* Britain’s new defence minister Liam Fox outlines the process and considerations they’ll use when thinking through Britain’s defense spending during the 2010 strategic review. * Canada’s DND announces C$ 209 million worth of infrastructure...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 12, 2010 | Alliances, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Food-related, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Russia, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, USA
* To Russia, with Sub: Russia’s Zvezdochka shipyard begins an $80 million overhaul of India’s S63 INS Sindhurakshak submarine, an improved Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine that Russia built for India. * Simulated Revenues: Canada’s CAE expects a...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 12, 2010 | ATK, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Forces - Marines, Helicopters & Rotary, Northrop-Grumman, Protective Systems - Aircraft, USA
AAQ-24 on AH-64(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL recently receive an unfinalized contract estimated at $77.7 million for 121 AN/AAQ-24v25 Guardian laser transmitter assemblies for installation on US Navy and USMC CH-53D Sea...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 11, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Medical, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Russia, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* India’s comptroller and auditor general criticizes the Defense Ministry’s plans to build an army carbine factory in Amethi, northeast India, for poor site selection, defective planning, and hasty decision making. * Meanwhile, the Indian Navy is...
