by Editorial Staff | Nov 14, 2013 | Airbus, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, Iraq, Lockheed Martin, Rolls Royce, Textron, UAVs
Options for Reducing US Deficit, Sequestration Pain * Spend no more than you earn? No, it cannot be so simple. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest assessment [PDF] of how the US government could tackle its fiscal imbalances. This will inform the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2013 | Boeing, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, USA
F-22A Raptor(click to view full) The 5th-generation F-22A Raptor fighter program has been the subject of fierce controversy, with advocates and detractors aplenty. On the one hand, the aircraft offers full stealth, revolutionary radar and sensor capabilities, dual...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 13, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Industry & Trends, Launch Vehicles, Logistics, Raytheon, Turkey, USA
Pentagon October Awards * Last month’s government shutdown contributed to a 66% sequential drop in DoD awards, to $15.7B across 185 awards, vs. 717 awards worth a total $46B. Since the federal government tends to spend significantly more in September at the end...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 12, 2013 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, RFPs, Rumours, Tanks & Mechanized
Croatian AMVs(click to view full) Many European countries are currently in the process of acquiring wheeled armored personnel carriers, from former East-Bloc nations replacing their old Soviet BTRs, to NATO countries buying lighter and less protected equipment as...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 12, 2013 | Asia - Other, ATK, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, India, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Pre-RFP, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Business Ebbs and Flows * Cobham’s 2013 interim results [PDF] point to delays in some land system awards as a source of pressure on their US-based defense revenue. They see growth opportunities outside of the US in air-to-air refueling, supporting the export...
