by Fred Donovan | Apr 21, 2011 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, France, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, Raytheon, Robots, Russia, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Up to $2.5 billion to 13 companies for mobilization and deployment planning support to the US Army Forces Command under the OPTARSS II contract. * US Army to shut down Accessions Command, which oversees initial entry training programs for recruits. * BAE Systems...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 20, 2011 | BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, DCNS, Europe - Other, France, Guns - Naval, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Private, Russia, Security & Secrecy, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - Booz Allen, Textron, USA
* Russia to invest $2.6 billion in ballistic missile systems with the goal of doubling production from 2013, says Prime Minister Putin. * Aviation Week offers an overview of Russia’s planned military helicopter buys over the next few years, and notes an issue...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 19, 2011 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), General Dynamics, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Medical, Mines & Countermine-IED, Policy - Procurement, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Soldier's Gear, Thales, United Technologies, USA, Warfare - Lessons
* The liberal-centrist hybrid warfare specialists at the Center for a New American Security think-tank release “Crime Wars: Gangs, Cartels and U.S. National Security”, and “Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 18, 2011 | ABM, Airbus, Americas - Other, Ammunition, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Legal, Scandals & Investigations, Transport & Utility, USA
* South Korea to spend KRW 2-3 trillion (about 1.8-2.8 billion dollars) on air and missile defense system to counter North Korean missile threat. * DoD tells Congress that 95 weapons programs had $64 billion in net cost increases; 7 major weapons programs are in...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 18, 2011 | C4ISR, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Soldier's Gear, Spotlight articles, USA
“Where does it hurt?”(click to view full) The US military is a military on the move. It also is a military on the computer and the network. Linking those two aspects together are notebook computers that can be taken on patrol as well as used on the flight...
