* Reuters: Russia targets space station project in retaliation for U.S. sanctions. * The Kremlin has made hay of Ukraine’s reliance on Russia’s defense industry, but that dependence is reciprocal. * The US State Department and NATO are saying that, like...
* Airbus reported its 1st quarter [PDF] since it dropped the EADS name, with sales up 2% to 8.9 billion euros ($12.2B). The Defense & Space division grew sales by 3% to €2.7B, though order intake retreated by 4.3% to €2.07B. This helps make the case that...
* KyivPost: “Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov called the separatist referendums in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts – collectively 15% of the nation – a ‘farce’ that ‘will not have any legal consequences except for the...
* Defense One’s claim that every country will have armed drones within ten years that are capable of firing missiles seems a bit of a stretch, but it’s a safe expectation that at least every significant military power will have UCAVs in 10 years, and so...
* While discussing their annual Top-Performing Companies (TPC) study, AviationWeek and PWC echo concerns voiced here at DID last month: “Another troubling sign is that half of the world’s 10 highest-ranked defense-oriented operating units saw...
