by Editorial Staff | Apr 20, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, India, People
* The US is considering extending joint operations with its allies to military space and cyberspace. * The Economist is giddy about the convergence of new materials, online collaboration, 3D printing and more effective robots leading to another manufacturing...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2012 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, USA
GBU-39: Gotcha.(click to see results) Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Phase I (SDB-I) is a specially shaped 250-pound bomb. Its thin and pointed shape gives it extra punch against buildings and hardened targets, its pop-out wings give it very good glide...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 19, 2012 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, India, Legal, Missiles - Ballistic, Official Reports, Satellites & Sensors, USA
* The Pentagon released a report [PDF] on space export control policy after it reviewed, in cooperation with the Department of State, whether satellites and their components could be taken off the United States Munitions List (USML). They found that other countries...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 18, 2012 | Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Legal
* NATO, Australia hope to be able to rely on Afghan forces to fight the Taliban by next year: Washington Times | US Joint Chiefs of Staff | NYT | Speech by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. * US Senator Richard Lugar [R-IN], ranking member of the Senate...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2012 | Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fuel & Power, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, MBDA, Pre-RFP, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, USA
* The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) updated its military expenditure database with 2011 numbers. Their estimate of $1.7 trillion is about flat in real terms, once inflation and exchange rate fluctuations are taken into account. Africa...
