$18M to Alion for Special Ops mobile repair systems under WSTIAC contract. (Nov 22/10) The US Department of Defense's Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are research and analysis organizations operated by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Chartered by...
* Russia says Da: NATO leaders agree on NATO missile defense shield at Lisbon summit; Russia pledges to cooperate if it is a "full-fledged strategic partner." * Hotly disputed: As early as fiscal 2014, Japan plans to deploy 100 ground self-defense forces to the Diaoya...
* This week's - maybe this year's - must-read: "Leadership and Accountability" at the US Naval Institute's blog discusses a recent failed court-martial, the court's implied rebuke regarding the state of the LPD-17 ship class, and the corresponding state of Navy...
* Hijacked: China is denying a claim made in a report [PDF] by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that it hijacked US Internet traffic, including Pentagon traffic, for 18 minutes in April. * India's Defence Minister AK Antony says change is coming...
* Defense diet: Pentagon chief Gates opposes recommendation of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility to slash the defense budget [PDF] by $100 billion over 5 years and apply the savings to deficit reduction. * GlobalPost covers ISAF's pre-winter...
* Britain's Chiefs of Defence Staffs say 'no, really, the SDSR is all right....' * US permanent rep to NATO, Ivo Daalder, makes case for a NATO missile defense system as leaders prepare for summit in Lisbon this week. * Sitting this one out: Australian Collins-class...
* Qatar hopes to decide on its next jet fighter by 2012. * Night-time worries: Afghan President Karzai wants the US to end special ops night-time raids, reduce military operations in his country. * Frost and Sullivan: Asia-Pacific land defense systems market expected...
* Sharing secrets: South Korea, Japan to share sensitive information on North Korean nuclear and missile capabilities. * Boston brouhaha: Raytheon's layoff creates political storm in Massachusetts. * Standoffish: Lockheed Martin gets $157.7 million contract to develop...
F-16IN concept(click to view full) Guest Article by Srirangan S. India's M-MRCA competition is currently the largest and most lucrative fighter competition in the world. I believe Lockheed Martin's F-16IN Block 60+ "Super Viper" offering will have a difficult time...