RQ-11: higher, faster...(click to view full) In 2005 the RQ-11 Raven mini-UAV was enjoying positive field reports from Iraq. In November 2005, StrategyPage reported that the RQ-11 Raven was also turning heads in what it calls "the commando Olympics" of Afghanistan:...
* Russia wants to keep the monopoly on the use of force in Eastern Ukraine, but Kiev's interim government has reportedly started to launch a counter-attack to the pro-Russian "Occupy Donetsk" movement. * Congressman Mac Thornberry [R-TX, contender for HASC chair]: How...
* An article first published by Bloomberg last Friday claiming that the NSA was aware of the Heartbleed [PDF] vulnerability for years was promptly denied by the White House. * However the National Security Council's rebuttal implies that the Administration may not...
Leopard 2A7+(click to view full) In mid-2011 reports surfaced that Saudi Arabia was preparing to buy around 200 German Leopard 2A7+ main battle tanks. Those reports stirred serious controversy in Germany, and indirectly confirmed the existence of a sales request....
* Oshkosh announced the termination of 760 jobs at its defense division between June and July, most of them being hourly positions. * The US Air Force will hold an industry day on May 1-2 at Peterson Air Force Base, CO, to discuss Ground-based Electro-Optical...
* Defense News reports that the US Federal Claims Court rejected AM General's lawsuit against USSOCOM over its GMV award to General Dynamics. * Israel launched Ofek-10, a surveillance satellite with a reported 0.5m resolution. * Thomas de Maizière, Germany's Interior...
* Post-spinoff SAIC announced FY2013 revenue down 14% to $4B, confirming the generally depressed state of defense services. * Pursuing a more thorough overturn of sequestration beyond FY15 is again on the Senate Armed Services Committee's agenda. * The Government...
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote with a straight face: "It's not Russia that is destabilising Ukraine." The Russians even go as far as saying that removing their stooges from Ukrainian government buildings could lead to a civil war. * Kiev Post: Kharkiv...