* Lockheed Martin's Q1 2014 sales were down 4% Y/Y to $10.65B. Aeronautics stood out as the one segment whose revenue grew this quarter, mostly thanks to the F-35 and C-5. Information systems and Mission systems sales on the other hand were down by 9% and 11%...
* Reuters reports that the U.S. force in Afghanistan may be cut to less than 10,000 troops because the Taliban were not able to disrupt the April 5 elections. USAF Acquisition Leadership * Brig. Gen. Roger W. Teague was nominated to replace Maj. Gen. McMurry as the US...
* Japan's ministry of defense expects Mitsubishi's ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter to start test flights later this year, a few months behind schedule. Mitsubishi's long history of local fighter jet production was interrupted only recently. Russia and Neighbors * After...
* BBC: Ukraine crisis: Deal to 'de-escalate' agreed in Geneva. * USA Today: Obama skeptical over Ukraine deal. * FT: Russia's Vladimir Putin still has friends in the west. A fact Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency is quick to highlight. * CBS/AP: Pro-Russian separatists...
Kang Ding w. SH-60(click to view all) In 1991, Taiwan's $2.8 billion buy of 6 Kang Ding Class multi-role stealth frigates from France, purchased the navy's current high-end surface combatants. These ships are derivative of the Lafayette Class, which has been used as...
SAC 01: Come to Papa!(click to view full) The long-range C-17 Globemaster III heavy transport aircraft remains the backbone of US Air Mobility Command inter-theater transport around the world, and its ability to operate from shorter and rougher runways has made it...
ORP Gen. T. Kosciuszko(click to view full) The FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry Class of frigates successfully achieved the goal of fielding a lower-cost warship to bulk up numbers during the Cold War, and proved their ability to take a punch when the USS Stark survived an...
* 3 pro-Russian insurgents were killed and 13 were wounded while they attacked a military base in Mariupol, a coastal town in southeastern Ukraine. WSJ | Ukrainian Ministry of Interior [in Ukrainian]. * Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference...
* The US Air Force released an RFP for the development and production of "mini crypto" devices that meet both NSA approval and Size, Weight, and Power constraints in line with combat use. They intend to handle unclassified and Secret data, for devices that may be lost...