by Fred Donovan | May 16, 2010 | ABM, Airbus, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - General, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Radars, Satellites & Sensors, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* President Obama proposes a 10-year, $80 billion plan to modernize the USA’s nuclear arsenal, and comply with the recent arms reduction treaty that he signed with Russia. * US House Armed Services Committee Republicans unveil the beginnings of a party approach...
by Fred Donovan | May 16, 2010 | IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Spotlight articles, UAVs, USA
TMI! That’s what US military commanders are saying about the explosion of data being collected and processed (or not) by thousands of UAVs. Because UAVs provide valuable information, the US military has been asking for more and more of them to be sent to Iraq...
by Joe Katzman | May 16, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, USA
M203 on M4 Carbine(click to view full) Airtronic USA, Inc. in Elk Grove Village, IL recently announced a 5-year, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from US Army TACOM Rock Island Arsenal, IL. The firm will produce up to 50,000 M203 and M203A2 40mm...
by Fred Donovan | May 13, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Russia, USA
* UK aerospace and defense stocks drive up London FTSE 100 index. * Former Russian air force chief says Russia is 25 to 30 years behind the US in develop air defenses. * Columnist Daniel Darling of The Faster Times considers European defense spending in the aftermath...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2010 | France, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport
Panhard PVP(click to view larger) France has contracted with Panhard General Defense for 187 Petits Vehicules Proteges (PVP) light protected vehicles. This is the final tranche of a total order for 933 PVPs, awarded in September 2004. Initial deliveries began in April...
