by Joe Katzman | Sep 4, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Northrop-Grumman, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN-71, Indian Ocean(click to view full) The USS Theodore Roosevelt [CVN 71] was built by Northrop Grumman’s Newport News sector. Commissioned on Oct 25/86, CVN 71 is expected to remain in service until 2036. As it approaches its mid-life stage, however, the...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 4, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Legal, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA
* After hearing John Kerry and Chuck Hagel (see video below), the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee came up with a resolution [PDF] narrowing the scope of a possible military intervention against Syria by explicitly ruling out the presence of US troops...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 3, 2013 | Asia - Central, Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, South Korea, UAVs, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
* After President Obama decided to seek Congressional authorization for strikes against Syria, his administration submitted a resolution whose language appears up for negotiation. Two Senate hearings (one of them classified) are scheduled tomorrow to bolster support...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 30, 2013 | Africa - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, MBDA, Middle East - Other, Radars, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA
* British Prime Minister David Cameron came to the House of Commons armed with an intelligence dossier from the Joint Intelligence Committee, as well as a legal opinion from the Attorney General. He narrowly grounded his case for military action against Assad’s...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 29, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Blimps & LTA Craft, Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Russia, USA
* While President Obama had not reached a decision yesterday about the way to proceed with Syria, 116 members of the US House of Representatives, most of them Republicans, signed a letter [PDF] urging him to consult Congress before launching strikes. Like many, House...
