by Editorial Staff | Jun 27, 2013 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Middle East - Other, RFPs, Think Tanks, USA
* Big defense contracts in Eurocopter’s sights, according to La Tribune [in French]: the US, Qatar, Poland, Norway, India, and Malaysia. * The US started shipping weapons to Jordan to deliver them to Syrian rebels. * The US Air Force’s Cold Weather...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 26, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Radars, RFPs, Think Tanks
Forecast Me Not * IHS Jane’s is making the bold prediction that aggregated Asian defense budgets will supersede North America’s by 2021. Maybe. They don’t share their methodology but from their release it appears that by “forecast” they...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 25, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Robots, Small Business, USA
MMP-15/30(click to view larger) TML’s work with the US military began in July of 2007, via a request by the US Army to design 3 new man-portable EOD robot systems with a 4-axis arms, video display OCU, multiple cameras, swappable batteries and chargers, all of...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 25, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Mines & Countermine-IED, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, RAFAEL, Raytheon, USA
* US Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall received [PDF] 90+ proposals from 50+ American companies interested in joint projects with India. He wants to remain realistic given India’s preference for local production: “We will carefully assess a number...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 24, 2013 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, Iraq, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Russia, Science - Basic Research, USA
* The office opened just days ago by the Taliban in Qatar to start peace negotiations used several signs of a nation state, including floating the flag they used when they held power in Afghanistan. They agreed to lower their profile on Sunday, but that is a telling...
