by Fred Donovan | Nov 9, 2010 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Medical, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transport & Utility, UAVs, WMD Defenses
* Sino-Russian detente – or at least a service contract or 2: China, Russia sign military cooperation agreement that includes contracts for spare parts for air defense systems, aviation, and naval equipment. * Not so bad: CEO of UK defense contractor Babcock...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 9, 2010 | Alliances, Boeing, India, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Policy - Procurement, USA
P-8i concept(click to view full) Obama’s visit leaves key issues unresolved; C-130J deletions. (Nov 8/10) When countries export weapons, they frequently set associated conditions. Rules against reselling the gear without permission would be a basic condition for...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 9, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, R&D - Contracted, USA
He’s using a rake…(click to view full) According to the Landmine Monitor Report, landmines and “explosive remnants of war” contaminate as many as 200,000 square kilometers of land in more than 90 countries around the world. Allied forces deal...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 8, 2010 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, IT - General, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Policy - Personnel, R&D - Contracted, RFPs, Satellites & Sensors, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Training & Exercises, USA
* Outer space down under: US, Australia sign accord expanding space surveillance cooperation, which includes joint tracking of space junk, as well as cooperation on the US Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite programs. *...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 7, 2010 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, UAVs, USA
* US personnel ratchet up criticism of Pakistan, openly saying that Pakistan’s ISI is threatening to arrest Taliban commanders who reconcile with the Afghan government. ISI support of al-Qaeda and the Taliban has long been an open secret, made more open as a...
