by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2010 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat
USCG Boutwell, Iraq(click to view larger) In June 2010, India’s largest privately-owned ship-builder, Pipavav Shipyard, won a Rs 2,600 crore (about $553.5 million) contract, as the lowest bidder to build 5 new 110m, 2,000t offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 9, 2010 | Airbus, Boeing, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, IT - General, Policy - Doctrine, Robots, Security Contractor, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, UAVs, University-related, USA
* Running of the Bulls: Deutsche Bank is bullish on military aircraft segment but cautious about weapons production firms. * FOR SALE: US defense security contractor Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, is on the block. * I, Robot: General Dynamics-led...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 8, 2010 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, IT - Cyber-Security, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Transport & Utility, USA
* A400M transport aircraft: What a long strange trip it’s been! * Don’t get no respect: Pentagon opposes US Senate bill giving USMC equal billing to US Navy in department’s title. * US State Department accepts first modernized S-61T helicopters. *...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
SA80A2s, Iraq(click to view full) If fighting in Iraq was mostly about Close Quarters Battle, experience on the ground in Afghanistan is driving home the opposite imperative: marksmanship and lethality at range. US studies like the influential “Taking Back the...
by Fred Donovan | Jun 7, 2010 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Guns - Personal Weapons, India, Logistics, Russia, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, USA
* Pentagon directive hopes to cut up to $100 billion in support costs over 5 years, by looking at personnel policies, medical costs & Tricare, organizational restructuring, acquisition practices and logistical efficiencies. They might want to look at how security...
