by Fred Donovan | Nov 18, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Environmental, Issues - Political, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Personnel, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* This week’s – maybe this year’s – must-read: “Leadership and Accountability” at the US Naval Institute’s blog discusses a recent failed court-martial, the court’s implied rebuke regarding the state of the LPD-17 ship...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 17, 2010 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Ammunition, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, C4ISR, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Events, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Personal Weapons, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* Hijacked: China is denying a claim made in a report [PDF] by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that it hijacked US Internet traffic, including Pentagon traffic, for 18 minutes in April. * India’s Defence Minister AK Antony says change is...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 16, 2010 | ABM, Alliances, Asia - Central, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, IT - General, Leadership & People, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Radars, Robots, Sensors & Guidance, Transport & Utility, University-related, USA
* Defense diet: Pentagon chief Gates opposes recommendation of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility to slash the defense budget [PDF] by $100 billion over 5 years and apply the savings to deficit reduction. * GlobalPost covers ISAF’s...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 15, 2010 | ABM, Alliances, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Personnel, R&D - Private, Raytheon, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, USA
* Britain’s Chiefs of Defence Staffs say ‘no, really, the SDSR is all right….’ * US permanent rep to NATO, Ivo Daalder, makes case for a NATO missile defense system as leaders prepare for summit in Lisbon this week. * Sitting this one out:...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 14, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Chemical Weapons, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Environmental, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Special Ops, France, Fuel & Power, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, USA
* Qatar hopes to decide on its next jet fighter by 2012. * Night-time worries: Afghan President Karzai wants the US to end special ops night-time raids, reduce military operations in his country. * Frost and Sullivan: Asia-Pacific land defense systems market expected...
