* The Children's Investment Fund (TCI), an hedge fund known for its "shareholder activism", wants EADS to sell its 46% stake of Dassault Aviation. They'll need the French government to agree. * The US Navy's information-centric SPAWAR acquisition command presented...
* The French government presented [in French] its 2014-19 Loi de Programmation Militaire (LPM, a 6-year defense budget law), to be discussed in parliament in the fall. They are confirming President Hollande's earlier commitment to a flat (in nominal terms) EUR...
* US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke publicly for the first time about the options laid out in the infamous Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR) conducted by his department. He refreshingly acknowledged that "[p]ast efficiency campaigns have shown that...
* EADS announced revenue up 6% to 26.3 billion ($34.9B) for the 1st half of 2013. Defense grew by 3% to 5 billion euros ($6.6B). Confirming recent reports, the group is taking the Airbus name, and regrouping its defense activities under the Airbus Defence & Space...
* Civilian US DoD employees may end up facing 6 to 8 days of furlough by the end of the current fiscal year, rather than 11, according to the AP. * Pending appropriate funding, the Philippines will relocate air force and navy assets to Subic Bay to get closer to...
M-Ship Stiletto(click to view full) With the formal roll-out of the 88-foot Stiletto stealth ship and its cutting-edge "M-Hull" wave-damping design on Jan 31/06, the late Vice-Admiral Cebrowski's legacy of advocating "the small, the fast and the many" for the US Navy...
* The roll call that defeated the Amash-Conyers amendment to the FY14 House Appropriations bill was close enough that several congressmen have since the reiterated their support for or opposition against attempts to limit the NSA's phone data gathering. It seems...
M88 and M1(click to view full) It takes more than tanks to make up an armored division. Iraq's purchases of M1 Abrams tanks has attracted a lot of attention, and SIGIR reports of a deal for M2/M3 Bradley fighting vehicles were noteworthy. But Iraq's DSCA export...
IqAF Huey-II(click to view full) In July 2013, the US DSCA announced Iraq's request to buy of 12 Bell 412EP helicopters for search and rescue duties. This exact type is new to Iraq, but they do have something similar. A 2005 Jordanian donation of 16 UH-1Hs were...