by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2010 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Legal, Lobbying, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Project Successes, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
Latest updates: $20M for fleet engineering support. KC-135 & RNoAF F-16, Afghanistan(click to view full) While Boeing and EADS duke it out for the USA’s $20-30 billion KC-X order of about 175 aerial tankers with secondary cargo capacity, the existing KC-135...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 2, 2010 | ABM, BAE, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Equipment - Other, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* Cybercash: DoD’s Cyber Command to fuel 9.1% annual growth in federal government cybersecurity spending, predicts INPUT. * And the number 1 reason…: Heritage Foundation’s James Carafano details the top 10 reasons why the US defense budget should not...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 1, 2010 | Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Japan, Northrop-Grumman, Other Equipment - Land, Partnerships & Consortia, People, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Tanks & Mechanized, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, USA
* Number 1: BAE Systems tops money list of UK Ministry of Defence’s suppliers, receiving close to GBP 4 billion (about $6.25B) in financial year 2009/10. * Hybrid birds: Frost & Sullivan predicts that more military satellite programs will follow the UK...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 30, 2010 | ABM, Africa - Other, Alliances, BAE, Bombs - Smart, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, France, Industry & Trends, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Leadership & People, Medical, Missiles - Precision Attack, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Russia, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* Bad news, good news: While defense budgets for major weapon systems are facing cuts, stockcall.com believes spending will increase on UAV programs, missile defense, and cybersecurity. * Arms race: Russian President Medvedev warns that a joint Russian/ European...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 30, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Simulation & Training, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Transport & Utility
C-17 sim, Dover AFB(click to view full) In November 2010, L-3 Communications in Arlington, TX won a $976.7 million service contract for the C-17 Globemaster III heavy aerial transport fleet’s aircraft training system. Work will include instruction, contractor...
