Latest updates: Next-Gen Missile Termination. AARGM Concept(click to view larger) In early FY 2011, DARPA awarded a pair of initial contracts for something called the Triple Target Terminator. In their own words: "The Triple Target Terminator (T3) program will develop...
* BAE Systems announced its 2011 financial results: sales dropped by 14% to 19.2 billion pounds (about $30B) while the order book shrank by 8% to 36.2 billion pounds ($56.7B). US sales accounted for 47% of the total but the Platforms & Services US division is the one...
* Faced with a really tough fiscal environment, Italian Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola announced that Italy intends to reduce its F-35 order by about 40 units. Bloomberg | Reuters [in Italian]. * The US Defense Science Board task force published its final report...
The US federal government puts together its budget by way of a protracted, ongoing process. As the largest recipient of discretionary federal funds, the Department of Defense adds its own layer of complexity unknown to other smaller departments. This article explains...
* [Update] The US DOD released its FY13 budget request. * Budget killer? With TRICARE costs spiraling, pharmacists and lawmakers are calling attention to the fact that the proposed merger of the USA's only 2 national "pharmacy benefit managers" would not be good for...
* The Brookings think tank, on the proliferation of IED attacks in 2011: "[D]anger will not disappear even after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan ends. [...] It is unsustainable to keep throwing billions of dollars to fight a technology that costs the other side tens...
* Truth, Lies, Afghanistan - and what this has to do with the Army's Future Combat Systems. * Pakistan received its 18th and final new F-16C/D Block 52 fighter, and its 1st 2 upgraded F-16 fighters, under a multi-billion set of deals with the USA and Turkey. * India's...
Polish F-16C,air display(click to view full) F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft serve as the backbone of Poland's air force. In February 2012, the USA's Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Poland's official request for F-16 weapons, as well as a 5 year fleet...
EL/M-2032(click to view full) In February 2012, IAI revealed that it has secured a $150 million contract for its EL/M-2032 fighter radar, from an unnamed customer. A Globes report places the customer within Asia. The EL/M-2032 can be delivered in different sizes, and...