by Joe Katzman | Jun 15, 2012 | Bombs - Smart, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, India, Japan, Lobbying, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Testing & Evaluation, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* US exports of defense products and services are seeing strong growth according to Andrew J. Shapiro, the Assistant State Secretary at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. FY 2011 record numbers (report in Excel format) will be easily beaten again this year,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 14, 2012 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Spotlight articles, United Technologies, USA
UH-60M: torch passed(click to view full) In 2005 a full-rate production decision to authorize more than 1,200 UH-60M aircraft was scheduled for 2007, and indeed, on Dec 12/07, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. signed a 5-year, multi-service contract in Huntsville, AL for a...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 14, 2012 | Avionics, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
USAF E-3C(click to view full) The USA and NATO have invested billions in their E-3 AWACS(Airborne early Warning And Control System) radar planes, whose rotating radar and on-board computers provide a complete aerial picture in a radius that encompasses hundreds of...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 14, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Fuel & Power, Israel, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Russia, UAVs, USA
This one won’t run on algae juice Support for the US Navy’s alternative fuel initiatives may be wavering in Congress, but for now the DoN keeps going. The RIMPAC 2012 exercise coming up this summer will include a “Great Green Fleet”...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Leadership & People, USA
These Senators are too fast Though the hearing [PDF] happened at the end of March, Heidi Shyu’s senatorial confirmation as acquisition chief for the US Army is still on hold. Tom Coburn [R-OK] doesn’t like the Army’s handling of the M4 carbine...
