* Russia didn’t wait to claim Crimea as its own and seize by force Ukrainian military assets on the peninsula. As these friendly videos from China-owned CCTV hint, you can bet China is watching how the Western reaction unfolds and taking notes. India is watching...
* Bloomberg reports another month of weak contracting at the Pentagon, with February awards (of $6.5M+) down 48% Y/Y to $12B. The Evolving US Defense Industry * Congresswoman Kay Granger [R-TX]: How Women Are Reshaping the Defense Industry. Lesson from Ukraine: Get...
* The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) updated its database to include 2013 arms sales, and sees China’s share of international arms exports above France’s, as China gained the 4 percentage points that France lost from the 2004-2008...
* The Undecided States Air Force (USAF) is organizing an industry day on April 2-3 at Hill AFB, UT, to discuss high resolution display systems for A-10 aircraft… that the service say they’re going to retire. But then the Air Force had a last-minute change...
* Dassault Aviation reported 16.4% Y/Y growth with 2013 sales at 4.59 billion euros ($6.4B). Defense accounts for 31% of total revenue, though 87% of that comes from just France. The recent workshare deal with HAL in India, confirmed by Dassault CEO Eric Trappier,...
