* Following last April’s Industry Day, the US Army released a presolicitation for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). Several variants are envisioned to handle a variety of tasks including...
* Sales at EADS are up 14.6% Y/Y for the 3rd quarter, to 12.3 billion euros (about $15.7B). So far this year, Cassidian has seen stable revenue, Astrium and Eurocopter are healthily growing, and commercial sales continue to pull ahead. Airbus Military on the other...
* In yesterday’s election in the US, the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) chairman McKeon [R-CA] and ranking member Smith [D-WA] both secured another term. On the other hand the chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and...
* British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting the Middle East where he is supporting arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman. The Telegraph. * Bob King, president of the United Auto Workers union, wrote an open letter to US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta...
* Israel successfully tested interception improvements to its Iron Dome anti-rocket system. Haaretz. * Poland published its naval modernization plans. CIMSEC. * Is the future of Ukrainian shipbuilding tied to cooperation with, and demand from, Russia? Rusnavy. * The...
