by Editorial Staff | May 4, 2012 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Missiles - Ballistic, Official Reports, Russia
* Hawker Beechcraft filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt. * CACI’s Q3 FY 2012 results: $928M revenue (+1.6%), $2.04B funded backlog (+4.7%). * The GAO’s latest reports on DoD logistics look at Item Unique Identification (IUID)...
by Editorial Staff | May 3, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Legal, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, USA
* Chinese Rear Adm. Zhang Zhaozhong said that Zumwalt ships are vulnerable to being zerged. Well, he didn’t make an actual reference to videogame swarming aliens, but that’s the gist of his position. * US Navy ship-counting is under scrutiny. * A...
by Joe Katzman | May 2, 2012 | ATK, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
MSST concept(click to view full) In order to defend against a threat, you have to be able to simulate it for realistic training and evaluation. Navy ships are increasingly threatened by supersonic anti-ship missiles, which can leave defenders as little as 45 seconds...
by Joe Katzman | May 2, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Israel, Other Corporation, UAVs
Orbiter(click to view full) Flight International reports that Finland has picked Aeronautics Defence Systems’ Orbiter 2 UAV as its future tactical UAV, beating BlueBird’s SkyLite B for a likely EUR 23 million, 55-system contract. The contract signing is...
by Joe Katzman | May 1, 2012 | Budgets, Guest Articles, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, USA
(click to view full) Guest Article by Lou Crenshaw, Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (ret.) The 2011 defense budget was characterized as a budget about uncertainty. Budget officials struggled to make ends meet in what seemed to be an endless stream of continuing resolutions...
