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Rapid Fire 2010-08-10: Support for Georgia?

by | Aug 9, 2010 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Issues - International, L3 Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Russia, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Training & Exercises, UAVs, USA

* Russia is moving to reduce reliance on the Ukraine for defense industrial work. * ITT to sell off its CAS defense systems engineering and technical assistance unit in Huntsville, AL to Wyle for $235 million in an effort to expand in non-defense segments. * Christmas...
DoD Supercomputers: Speeding Along the Digital Highway

Rapid Fire: 2010-08-09

by | Aug 8, 2010 | ABM, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Oshkosh, Russia, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, Trucks & Transport, USA, UUVs & USVs

* Footlong Sub: Iranian navy takes delivery of 4 Ghadir class midget submarines, the 1st Iranian-built class of submarine, which is thought to be based on the North Korean Sang-O class coastal submarine. * Bulking Up: Iran says it is beefing up its indigenous Mersad...
DoD Supercomputers: Speeding Along the Digital Highway

Rapid Fire 2010-08-06: Boeing Acquires Argon ST

by | Aug 5, 2010 | After-Action Reviews, Asia - Other, Avionics, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Domestic Security, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - Political, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Russia, Science - Basic Research, USA, WMD Defenses

* USAF 59th Medical Wing Clinical Research division at Lackland AFB, TX are studying vascular injuries and their effects on limbs, based on field experience in Iraq and Afghanistan where these injuries are 75% more common than previous wars. Their subject model...
DoD Supercomputers: Speeding Along the Digital Highway

Rapid Fire 2010-08-05: Israel’s Talpiot

by | Aug 4, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Budgets, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Equipment - Other, Explosives, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - Environmental, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Launch Vehicles, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA

* The Israeli approach linking threats to military budgeting… and their “Talpiot” program that has started plucking top 18 year olds out of standard military service and putting them to work solving key problems in the government, military and...