Rapid Fire 2010-03-02: Chinese Ambitions Get Naked

by Fred Donovan | Mar 1, 2010 | BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Engineering Vehicles, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, RFPs, Simulation & Training, T&C - SAIC, Tanks & Mechanized, USA

* Chinese People’s Liberation Army Senior Colonel, Liu Mingfu’s new book, “The China Dream”, reportedly argues that China must become the world’s top military power. * Canada commits CDN $170 million over next 10 years to upgrade Defence...

Rapid Fire: 2010-03-01

by Fred Donovan | Feb 28, 2010 | Airbus, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Financial & Accounting, France, IT - General, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Submarines, Transport & Utility, USA

* “Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer” – US infantry poorly equipped for rifle engagements in Afghanistan? * EADS expects final deal on A400M military transport plane; Euro 3.5 billion funding deal in works. * US Navy, House Armed Services...

Northrop Grumman to Support OSD under $70M MOBIS Order

by Fred Donovan | Feb 28, 2010 | Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA

Northrop Grumman Corp. received a 5-year, $70 million task order to provide business, technical and programmatic support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The task order was issued under the GSA’s Mission Oriented Business Integration Services...

Rapid Fire: 2010-02-26

by Fred Donovan | Feb 25, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, GPS Infrastructure, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Other Corporation, Raytheon, RFPs, Signals Radio & Wireless, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA

* Raytheon team snags $886.4 million contract for GPS OCX advanced control segment. * PWC reports that aerospace & defense mergers hit a record low in 2009. It wasn’t a good deal year for the chemicals sector, either, but transport and logistics was busy in...

Rapid Fire: 2010-02-25

by Fred Donovan | Feb 24, 2010 | ABM, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Israel, IT - General, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA

* Pentagon officials brief Congress on terms of $35 billion aerial tanking competition, release final RFP. * Spanish defense minister says 7 member governments backing the A400M military transport plane have reached agreement in principle. Details said to be...