by Joe Katzman | Oct 21, 2012 | Airbus, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Events, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA, UUVs & USVs, Warfare - Lessons
Seafox Mk.II(click to view full) Rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, coupling increasingly bellicose actions by Iran with pointed American warnings, have left international navies thinking hard about how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for oil traffic. Naval mines,...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2012 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, Pre-RFP, Russia, USA
* Hawker Beechcraft announced that it will not be acquired by Superior Aviation Beijing, an option they had been pursuing since July. Instead they will try to go through bankruptcy as a standalone business. CEO Steve Miller understated that “global politics may...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 18, 2012 | Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, UAVs, USA
* Kongberg’s stealthy, sub-sonic Naval Strike Missile has just finished its 1st shipboard launch tests, and performed successfully. The market for naval missiles is crowded, but Kongsberg believes that the new F-35 fighter may give it an important edge. * The US...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 17, 2012 | Asia - Central, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA
US SOCOM “U-28A”(click to view full) In October 2012, Sierra Nevada Corp. in Sparks, NV received a contract for 18 uniquely modified Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft, which will be used by Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces. Sierra Nevada will handle...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 17, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Radars, Russia, T&C - Booz Allen, Textron, United Technologies, USA
* Russia plans to significantly increase its defense budget, says Duma’s Defense Committee chairman Vladimir Komoedov. They are aiming for $97B or 3.7% of GDP by 2015. Possibly, if oil prices then are still high enough to support it. * The US House Armed...
