Global Hawk Cutaway(click to view full) The RQ-4 Global Hawks isn't a full successor to the famous U-2 spy plane just yet. It's close, however, and some people have described the HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance) UAV as the equivalent of having a photo satellite on...
Israel's Defense Budget Settled with Decrease in the Rate of Increase * A few months ago it looked like Israel's defense ministry would have to weather its share of net budget cuts. A rift between defense and treasury officials remained apparent until the last minute,...
NSA Euro Data Collection Flows Back to Local Deals, But Wait There's More * Le Monde somewhat backtracked [in French] yesterday on its accusations that the NSA had conducted mass data collection in France. On Monday an article in the German press claimed there was a...
Ricoh MFC(click to view full) Treat, or trick? Both, it seems. The key question is whether the machines are color - and whether they contain a widespread anti-feature that few people know about. At the end of October 2013, Army Contracting Command in Fort Huachuca, AZ...
Breaking into the American defense market can be lucrative, but it can be scary for firms based outside the USA. At AUSA 2013, DID Editor Joe Katzman sat down with RAFAEL's consultant Lt. Gen. William H. Forster, PhD (ret.), and other RAFAEL personnel, to discuss some...
USMC HIMARS(click to view full) On Sept 12/07, the US DSCA announced Singapore's formal export request for M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) rocket launchers, designed to give Singapore's forces long-range precision attack artillery punch. HIMARS is...
GBS Concept & Elements(click to view full) Pentagon contracts occasionally refer to the Global Broadcast Services (GBS), a system linked to the Wideband SATCOM program. A variant was first fielded in Bosnia during 1996, and special nodes were also set up in the...
NSA vs. NDAA * Intelligence oversight is likely to be one of the points of contention as the Senate attempts to finalize its FY14 defense authorization bill. Revenue Down, Profit Up, Cost Pinching * Harris Corporation reported Q1 FY14 sales down 5.5% to $1.19B. Among...
ADF RQ-7B Shadow(click to view full) In December 2006, Australia bought a new tactical UAV to go with the Israeli Skylark mini-UAV. Australian Minister of Defence Senator Hill said the Government had agreed to the A$ 145 million (USD $109 million) UAV project to...