by Fred Donovan | Jan 10, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, IAI, Iraq, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
* Iraq to spend $26 billion on US aircraft, helicopters, tanks, armored vehicles, warships, and missiles, according to a Baghdad newspaper. * IAI’s Brazilian JV bidding to make its avionics, self defense systems part of Brazil’s KC-390 medium tactical...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 10, 2011 | Avionics, Bombs - Smart, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Events, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Force Structure
Italian Tornado IDS(click to view full) In late December 2010, the Italian Air Force signed a EUR 96 million ($127.7 million) contract with the Panavia consortium to begin upgrading another 25 of Italy’s strike fighters. The contract will see 15 more Tornado ECR...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 9, 2011 | After-Action Reviews, Asia - Central, Boeing, Budgets, C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, ECM, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Guns - Personal Weapons, Industry & Trends, Israel, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, Medical, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Policy - Personnel, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Lessons
* Pentagon chief Robert Gates warns about China’s J-20 Black Eagle stealth fighter jet, DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile during his first visit to Beijing. * US DoD belt-tightening plan could benefit Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 8, 2011 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, USA
M24 sniper system(click to view full) Snipers have become critical assets in the current wars, and enemies who routinely use human shields have changed their profession from a group that was stigmatized even in their own armies, to widely appreciated specialists. In...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 8, 2011 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, ECM, Electronics - General, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, GE, Heavy Bombers, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Rumours, Security & Secrecy, Sensors & Guidance, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA
F-35A: incoming…(click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role...
