by Joe Katzman | Nov 24, 2010 | Asia - Central, Corporate Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Middle East - Other, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
USFS Fire Cobra(click to view full) What do you do with 469 attack helicopters, once you’ve decided to phase them out of service? That was the question facing America, after the Army decided to retire its AH-1P/S/F Cobra attack helicopter fleet in 1999, and the...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 23, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Explosives, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Science - Basic Research, Soldier's Gear, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, UAVs, United Technologies, USA, WMD Proliferation
* Volley for serve: US sits tight after North Korea launches artillery volley against South’s Yeonpyeong island. * This comes hard on the heels of revelations that North Korea has a large, modern uranium enrichment facility, using P-2 centrifuges. This is less...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 22, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Fuel & Power, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, IT - Cyber-Security, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Submarines, USA
* The full text of NATO’s 2010 Lisbon declaration, which lays out its new strategic concept, as well as approving the European missile defense shield (s. 36-38). * Can’t we all just get along?: US defense budget battle could be most contentious in decades,...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 22, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, R&D - Contracted, Simulation & Training, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
$18M to Alion for Special Ops mobile repair systems under WSTIAC contract. (Nov 22/10) The US Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are research and analysis organizations operated by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)....
by Fred Donovan | Nov 21, 2010 | ABM, Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Explosives, Field Innovations, France, Issues - International, Japan, Mines & Countermine-IED, Robots, Russia, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA
* Russia says Da: NATO leaders agree on NATO missile defense shield at Lisbon summit; Russia pledges to cooperate if it is a “full-fledged strategic partner.” * Hotly disputed: As early as fiscal 2014, Japan plans to deploy 100 ground self-defense forces...
