Rapid Fire 2012-02-02: USAF Aircraft Redundancy Plans

by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2012 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Legal, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Transport & Utility, UAVs

* US Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz released a short whitepaper [PDF] outlining its priorities and choices within forthcoming budget constraints. It states: “More than 280 aircraft have been identified...

Rapid Fire 2012-01-30: These Are Not the Cuts You’re Looking For

by Joe Katzman | Jan 30, 2012 | Airbus, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, People, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA

* Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith told reporters the Department will review their JSF purchase timetable, in light last week’s confirmation that the US will take it slow. * Jim Maslowski, President at Hawker Beechcraft Defense and a former US Navy Rear...

Afghan AAF Training Getting Its Own Air Traffic Control

by Joe Katzman | Jan 29, 2012 | Asia - Central, C4ISR, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA

Rapid Fire 2012-01-27: FY13 DoD Budget Guidance

by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2012 | Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Transport & Utility

Update: FY13 PB has been released. Top Pentagon officials gave a briefing yesterday on major budget decisions ahead of the FY13 President Budget request coming on Feb. 13. Highlights among the outlined priorities [PDF]: * A relatively stable topline at $613.4B, made...

Rapid Fire 2012-01-26: 2011 Results Start to Come in for Primes

by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Tanks & Mechanized, Textron, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA

* Full 2011 financial results: Textron saw growth at Bell, revenue decrease at Textron Systems. At $7.3B, Bell’s backlog has recovered from a reporting error announced by the company last quarter. * Meanwhile General Dynamics generated $32.7B of revenue last...