Aiiiirrrrborne!(click to view full) In early June 2011, Vohne Liche Kennels, Inc. in Denver, IN received an $11.3 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for "multi purpose canine and handler training in support of U.S. Army Special Operations...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
Jordanian EC635 SAR(click to view full) Iraq's air force is growing, slowly. The force still has no fixed-wing combat aircraft, but a handful of helicopters, transports, and surveillance aircraft have created a set of limited core capabilities. Bell Helicopter's 407...
* A new Electronics.Ca Publications report predicts that the global machine vision and vision guided robotics market will be worth $15.3 billion by 2015. The Asia Pacific region is expected to continue its dominance over this time period. * MDA, Ltd. and IAI's Stark...
* Economic events will be driving more and more military budget decisions over the next few years. Writing in Caixin Weekly, Andy Xie pens "Chimerica's Slippery Slope to Stagflation." * State-controlled Russian Helicopters indefinitely suspends $500 million IPO due to...
* House Armed Services Committee releases full committee markup of the FY 2012 defense authorization bill, which revives the F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. * Peru's $1 billion SIVAM Amazon basin surveillance program attracts IAI interest, centered on...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
* The Pentagon is launching a preferred supplier program. Companies who receive high marks in the Defense Department's performance-tracking system may see better performance payments and other rewards. The Pentagon will also encourage more use of contract provisions...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
* British PM David Cameron describes recent British military operations within Libya. Meanwhile, Canada has sent its JTF2 special forces unit, the civil war flares in Marsa Al Burayqah, and the rebels have Tobruk's oil terminal working. * Russia busts arms export...