by Joe Katzman | Apr 10, 2013 | Air Reconnaissance, Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Events, Other Corporation, Radars, Specialty Aircraft
S-2000 Rollout(click to view full) In June 2006, Saab signed a SEK 8.3 billion provisional contract to supply Argus turboprop airborne early warning (AEW&C) systems to Pakistan, based on the Saab 2000 regional turboprop airliner and the Erieye fixed active array...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, India, Legal, Official Reports, Oshkosh, USA
* The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is starting to release the FY 2014 president budget request. So far only the long-term overview is available, which outlines the terms of a “grand bargain” to replace the sequester. The general release is...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 9, 2013 | Americas - Other, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, UAVs
SpyLite mini-UAV(click to view full) With all the focus on North Korea, it’s easy to forget about the Latin American LAAD 2013 exhibition. Chile has been a regional leader in the use of UAVs, including their 2011 purchase of long-endurance Hermes 900s. Now,...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 9, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Laser & EM Weapons, Official Reports, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, South Korea, Thales, USA
* The US Navy will deploy a solid-state laser aboard USS Ponce during the coming fiscal year. USS Ponce, an amphibious transport dock ship formerly known as LDP 15, was refitted last year as an Afloat Forward Staging Base, Interim (AFSB-I), and will be deployed to the...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 8, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Submarines, USA
* The Pentagon will ask for $526.6B in the President Budget to be rolled out on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. Pretending that sequestration does not exist worked out so well, they’re about to do it again with the FY14 budget. The House of Representatives...
