* Raytheon pays hefty fee of $490 million to acquire military cybersecurity firm Applied Signal after intense bidding war. * Germany's Wegmann Group acquires Siemens AG's 49% stake in land vehicle leader Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW). They will become the...
Elbit concept(click to view full) Elbit Systems Ltd. recently announced a $16 million contract from the Polish Ministry of National Defense to supply a testing set of mobile multi-sensor monitoring and surveillance systems for Poland's Rosomak, a variant of Patria's...
(click to view full) The US Navy's Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in San Diego, CA has awarded 4 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award task order contracts for wireless service and devices. The maximum dollar value for all contracts, including the...
* Key senators push for passage this week of the House-passed FY 2010 defense authorization bill [PDF]. * Ignoring Pentagon chief Gates plea, the Senate plans to vote on a continuing resolution extending government spending at current levels only through Mar 4/11;...
Fill 'er up!(click to view full) The US military uses far more fuel than any branch of the American government, and the US Air Force uses far more fuel than the other services. DID has spotlighted the magnitude of these buys before, in March 2009 and March 2006, as a...
* Tensions rise as South Korea conducts live-fire drills near Yeonpyeong Island, the site of the North's earlier attack. * USA's Ground Based Midcourse Defense system against long-range ballistic missiles misses its target in a recent test. * Chinese documents seen by...
* Pretty please: Pentagon chief Gates says failure of Congress to pass $1.1 trillion FY 2011 omnibus spending bill (which includes defense) would jeopardize "vital military requirements." FY 2010 ended Sept 30/10. * US GAO releases "National Security: An Overview of...
C-27J: Isn't he adorable?(click to view full) Initial order drops to 3 planes. (Dec 16/10) In February 2006, Finmeccanica announced that its C-27J Spartan (aka. "Baby Herc"), developed as a joint venture between its Alenia Aeronautica subsidiary and Lockheed Martin,...
* Robust military aircraft sales offset decline in commercial aircraft sales, as US aerospace industry sales [PDF] reach a record $216.5 billion in sales this year. * Royal Navy to withdraw HMS Illustrious strike carrier from service in 2014, eliminating all carriers...