by Editorial Staff | Sep 24, 2013 | Africa - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, Logistics, Think Tanks, USA
10-year helo forecast * The Teal Group released an overview of the worldwide rotorcraft market at the opening of HeliTech 2013. The chart above looks at calculated shares for western manufacturers in the military market to 2022, based on concluded competitions. They...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2013 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Procurement Innovations, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
VC10 & Tornado F3s(click to view full) As of 2002, the RAF had 19 of its 4-engined VC10 aerial tankers in service. These sleek aircraft with the unusual engine arrangement form the backbone of its aerial tanker fleet, and continued to do so for about another...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Outer Space, Policy - Doctrine, USA
* US Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] told Fox News that department-specific continuing resolutions, starting with defense, should be considered by Congress to avoid a complete government shutdown, if it comes to that. Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK] thinks the effort to defund...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 22, 2013 | Contracts - Awards
HMS Astute &HMS Dauntless(click to view full) On May 20/13, the UK MoD’s Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray talked about the Astute program experience during a Public Accounts Committee hearing concerning carrier strike. Actually, he talked about the...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2013 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, France, Japan, Launch Vehicles, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, USA
* The Pentagon is brushing up on its shutdown plans as there is less than 2 weeks to go before the US federal government potentially legislates itself out of money. Meanwhile the defense authorization bill won’t even be brought to the Senate floor before...
