FAV SU-30MK2(click to view full) Colombia’s recent military modernization announcements coincide with the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ release of their Military Balance report for 2009. That report cites Venezuela’s continuing arms...
The USA’s Lexington Institute think tank, who discussed “US Politics and the Defense Budget” back in April 2008, has more thoughts for the industry: “When you only have one customer and that customer suddenly finds itself spending a trillion...
K-8, Zimbabwe(click to view full) In July 2008, “Africa: The Next Defense Market Opportunity?” looked at projected trends, and discussed the reasons behind China’s resurgent status as an arms vendor to those states. UPI Asia’s recent...
JA BizTown’s STEM(click to view full) On Sept 24/08, DID’s “AIA Concerned By Future Shortage of Qualified American Aerospace Workers” gave voice to a long-standing concern in the American aerospace industry – and added some alarming...
(click to buy) by P.W. Singer, The Brookings Institution Something big is going on in the history of war, and maybe even humanity itself. The US military went into Iraq with just a handful of drones in the air and zero unmanned systems on the ground, none of them...