by Fred Donovan | May 12, 2011 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Special Ops, GE, General Dynamics, Heavy Bombers, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Rolls Royce, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Tanks & Mechanized, UAVs, USA
* House Armed Services Committee approves $690 billion defense authorization bill for FY 2012: among other things, the bill would 1) allow GE and Rolls Royce to continue development of the F136 engine for the F-35 fighter at their own expense, 2) continue funding...
by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2011 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, Legal, Saudi Arabia, Transport & Utility, Turkey, USA
TuAF C-130s(click to view full) Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review reports that the US State Department has approved the resale of 6 Saudi C-130E Hercules medium tactical transport planes to Turkey, green-lighting a deal that was struck in summer 2010. Under...
by Fred Donovan | May 11, 2011 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Equipment - Other, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Russia, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility
* Economic events will be driving more and more military budget decisions over the next few years. Writing in Caixin Weekly, Andy Xie pens “Chimerica’s Slippery Slope to Stagflation.” * State-controlled Russian Helicopters indefinitely suspends $500...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2011 | Asia - Central, Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Soldier's Gear, USA, Warfare - Lessons
ECWCS-III: all 7 layers(click to view full) “During Operation Mountain Lion I found myself praying for bad weather, the first time in my military career I was actually begging for a cold front to come through. I knew my soldiers could handle it and the enemy...
by Fred Donovan | May 10, 2011 | ABM, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Procurement, Russia, Simulation & Training, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
* The Australian government is cutting A$2.7 billion from its defense budget over the next four fiscal years, including a reduction in the costs of acquiring a 5th C-17 aircraft. * Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chastizes military for delaying tenders on major...
