by Fred Donovan | Apr 6, 2011 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Leadership & People, Medical, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, Projections & Assessments, Submarines, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* NATO has put up a “NATO and Libya” page with links to global coverage of that ongoing operation. Which could be ongoing for a long time. * DoD says a federal government shutdown would be “extremely disruptive,” but it is making...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 5, 2011 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, European Union (EU), Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Mergers & Acquisitions, Russia, UAVs, USA
* US House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveils [PDF] Republican answer to Obama administration’s FY 2012 budget; Republican version reflects $178 billion in defense savings over the next 5 years identified by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. *...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2011 | Contracts - Intent, Iraq, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Training & Exercises, USA, Warfare - Lessons
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Artillery-locating radars like the AN/TPQ-36 and TPQ-37 Firefinder radars, and the lighter LCMR, automatically detect, track and locate enemy mortars, artillery and rocket launchers. Once incoming rounds are picked up, the radar system backtracks...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Chilean Bell 412(click to view full) Chile is a country with a lot of area to cover, ranging from long sea coasts and maritime areas to deserts and mountain ranges, in temperatures that range from hot to near-Arctic. While new F-16 C/D aircraft from the USA and...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 4, 2011 | Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon, Rumours, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* Ducommun is buying St. Louis, MO-based defense electronics firm LaBarge for $340 million. * Goodrich to pay EUR 330 million for Microtecnica, a Turin, Italy-based provider of flight control actuation systems for helicopters, aircraft, missile actuation, and aircraft...
