by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2012 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, France, Helicopters & Rotary
French Cougar SAR/SOF(click to view full) Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 Cougar helicopters during the May KADEX-2012 military exposition in Astana. Kazakhstan joins France, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
by Editorial Staff | May 10, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India
* Who says you cannot make a U-turn with an aircraft carrier? Early media reports were right (it happens!), the UK officially confirmed [PDF] that it will switch its JSF order from the F-35C to the STOVL flavor: “We expect HMS Queen Elizabeth to be handed over...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, GE, General Atomics, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, USA
USS Kidd [DDG-100](click to view full) The US Navy’s DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers are the backbone of their present and future fleet. Unfortunately, they have a problem. Two problems, actually. One problem involves keeping the fleet’s operating...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Corporate Financials, Events, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Other, USA
Hawaii Superferry(click to view full) In his April 6/09 discussion of the FY 2010 budget, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said that the US military wanted to charter another 2 “JHSV-like” fast catamaran ships from 2009-2011, until the JHSV ships begin...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Middle East - Other, RFPs, Rumours, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* The US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee quickly approved – behind closed doors – its markup for the FY13 funding bill. Today the Armed Services Committee is starting longer, more difficult discussions, but they will happen in the open . More...
