by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2011 | ABM, ATK, Design Innovations, Honeywell, Other Corporation, USA
Orbital MRT launch(click to view full) March 8/11: The US Missile Defense Agency’s issues Orbital Sciences Corp. a $217.1 million firm-fixed-price contract with provisions for fixed-price incentive, cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee,...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 8, 2011 | Air Reconnaissance, Alliances, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Blimps & LTA Craft, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - International, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Russia, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, USA
* More UK defense cuts this year, says Defence Equipment Minister Peter Luff. * North Korea attacks South Korean government computers. * The Pentagon’s quasi-decoy blimps idea is a good one. * The Sultanate of Brunei, in the Indonesian archipelago, has finally...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 8, 2011 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, USA
P-3P Orion(click to view full) Covering the Atlantic side of Europe out of the Azores, and sitting near the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, Portugal has a lot of maritime territory to patrol. The FAP has received a number of upgraded P-3 Orion aircraft over the...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 7, 2011 | ABM, Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* Forbes critiques Pentagon’s rush to bring military functions performed by contractors in-house. * Union workers at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, GA plant ratify a 3-year labor contract, despite calls from union leaders to reject it. The plant manufactures...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 6, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Launch Vehicles, Leadership & People, Medical, Surface Ships - Combat, United Technologies, USA
* US Senate appropriators unveil a 7-month FY 2011 continuing resolution (CR) with $514 billion proposed for the defense base budget, $26 billion below what DoD wants and $2.1 billion less than the House-passed CR. * On the other hand, China is expanding its defense...
