by Joe Katzman | Oct 8, 2013 | Avionics, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Other Corporation
AMX/A-1 light fighter(click to view full) In the late 1980s, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) and Aermacchi launched The AMX project, a joint Italian/Brazilian program to create a lead-in fighter trainer and light attack aircraft. The result was a...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 8, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Saudi Arabia, Simulation & Training, USA
Coping with Shutdown, In Their Own Way * Government shutdown update: no real news. Talks are shifting to the debt ceiling, but this could still drag on for several weeks as the US Treasury has cash on hand to muddle through until the end of the month or thereabouts. *...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 7, 2013 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Lockheed Martin, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA
Furlough Recall * There’s still no agreement in Washington to resolve the government shutdown as it starts its 2nd week, but the Pentagon is recalling most of the 350,000 civilian employees it had furloughed. Specific numbers should come later today. Here are...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2013 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Awards, DCNS, Electronics - General, France, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Thales
Atlantique 2(click to view full) France is the latest country to discover the usefulness of maritime patrol aircraft over land, as Atlantique aircraft over Mali went beyond mere surveillance to deliver “buddy-designated” Paveway-II laser guided bombs. DGA...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 4, 2013 | Asia - Central, BAE, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Robots, Think Tanks, USA
Shutdown Fallout * BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson wrote that following the government shutdown, about 1,000 employees from the company’s Intelligence & Security sector have already been “excused from work at their customer sites.” * DARPA is...
