by Fred Donovan | May 26, 2011 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Israel, Issues - International, Japan, Legal, Official Reports, Russia, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, UAVs, USA
* Cartwright’s rumored x-out for the pending Pentagon Chief of Staff slot is likely to have wide implications for future Pentagon buys. Even as it raises questions about the nature and origins of the whisper campaign that covertly works to do him in. *...
by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Apaches head out(click for full view) May 25/11: Radiance Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, AL receives an $8.8 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract from the US Army. They’ll produce the hardware needed to equip a full battalion of AH-64D Apache...
by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2011 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Fighters & Attack, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Laser & EM Weapons, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA, UUVs & USVs
* As operations over Libya drain European stockpiles of smart bombs, Defense Update’s “The High Cost of Precision Attack” looks at progress, pricing, and options. * The world military helicopter market reached $12.6 billion in 2010, and demand is...
by Fred Donovan | May 24, 2011 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, General Atomics, GPS Infrastructure, IAI, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Power Projection, Projections & Assessments, Raytheon, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Other, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
* The global armored vehicle and counter IED vehicle market is predicted to reach $25.1 billion this year, but decline to $24.1 billion by 2021, according to ASDReports.com * Russian prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against space officials over 4.3 billion...
by Fred Donovan | May 23, 2011 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, France, India, L3 Communications, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Detection
* US Supreme Court throws out lower court ruling that would have required Boeing and General Dynamics to repay $3 billion to the federal government for the cancelled A-12 Avenger fighter program. * Does SpaceX have lessons to teach NASA? After it spends under $400...
