by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2013 | Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Northrop-Grumman, USA
* A large bipartisan group of US lawmakers sent a letter [PDF] to the secretary of defense urging him to base sequestration-driven furlough decisions on merit, reports Government Executive. * Northrop Grumman’s Q1 2013 revenue was down 1.5% Y/Y to $6.1B, as...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 24, 2013 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Events, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, RFPs, Rolls Royce, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Bradley puts on wear(click to view full) The US Army’s Heavy Brigade Combat Teams have relied on BAE’s 30+ ton Bradley family of M2/3/6/7 vehicles for a variety of combat functions, from armed infantry carrier and cavalry scout roles, to specialized tasks...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 24, 2013 | Africa - Other, Boeing, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, India, Israel, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, USA
* BAE Systems and its suppliers are lobbying the US Congress to sustain Bradley orders from the US Army and keep their production line open. * Lockheed Martin’s Q1 2013 revenue was down 2% Y/Y to $11.1B, dragged down by the Aeronautics segment because of fewer...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2013 | Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Think Tanks
* Discussions about cyberwar doctrine often gets stuck on a difficulty to properly detect the origin of attacks (what’s called the attribution problem). That does not mean such intrusions cannot be tracked down at least by country. A report issued by a team led...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 22, 2013 | Asia - Other, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, Industry & Trends, Israel, Middle East - Other, People, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Think Tanks
* Another big Mideast sale is coming down the pipe that will include F-16E/Fs for the UAE, and cruise missiles for the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Israel to get V-22 tiltrotors, AESA fighter radars, and KC-135 aerial tankers. Choosing 707-based tankers is odd, given their...
