by Fred Donovan | Aug 4, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Budgets, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Equipment - Other, Explosives, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - Environmental, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Launch Vehicles, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA
* The Israeli approach linking threats to military budgeting… and their “Talpiot” program that has started plucking top 18 year olds out of standard military service and putting them to work solving key problems in the government, military and...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 3, 2010 | ABM, Americas - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, France, Heavy Bombers, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, University-related, USA, Warfare - Lessons
* Chinese Exercises: China is conducting major air defense exercises in Shandong and Henan provinces involving more than 10,000 troops from the naval and army aviation units and land-based air defense forces, as well as 100 aircraft, including the J-10 fighter. * How...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 3, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, IAI, Textron, UAVs, USA
RQ-7, Iraq(click to view larger) Textron subsidiary AAI Corporation recently announced that Italy’s Ministry of Defense Directorate of General Aeronautical Armament will buy 4 RQ-7B Shadow 200 systems for the Italian Army, under a EUR 51 million (about $64...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 2, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, IT - Cyber-Security, Logistics, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Radars, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Training & Exercises, USA
* Alternate QDR: “We cannot reverse the decline of shipbuilding, buy enough naval aircraft, recapitalize Army equipment, buy the F-35 requirement, purchase a new aerial tanker, increase deep strike capability, and recapitalize the bomber fleet just by saving...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 2, 2010 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
DDG-51 modernization(click to view full) BAE Systems recently announced that they will modernize 11 DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyers that are home ported in Norfolk, VA, under a potential $365 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The contract...
