* ASDReports' latest publication says that the value of the Russian defense market in 2010 was $47.1 billion. The Russian Defense Market 2011-2021 also predicts that President Medvedev's economic liberalization plans will encourage greater investment in the domestic...
NE-3A AWACS(click to view full) NATO's shared NE-3A Sentry AWACS fleet act as flying command posts and radar stations, directing aerial operations and providing an overall picture of activity in the air and on the sea. They are crewed by multinational teams, made up...
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in McLean, VA recently won a $9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an unusual effort: "...research in the detection of insider threats based on sensor data from routine activities of members of a group, and...
* UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is confident that the findings of the Defence Reform Unit's report [PDF] will help tackle the financial and structural problems endemic across the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Opposition gives its tacit support to the review of senior...
* UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is due to unveil the findings of the Defence Reform Unit's Report. It is likely the report will lead to an overhaul in the number of Armed Forces senior officers and a radical shake-up of the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) senior decision...
President Barack Obama's June 22, 2011 address to the nation confirmed that the decision he made in 2009 to send an additional 33,000 troops into Afghanistan was by no means an open-ended commitment. Starting in July, the United States will begin removing 10,000...
* Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michelle Flournoy testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's Afghanistan troop reduction plan - C-Span video. * The UK's RUSI think tank and...
Statue of Cerberus(click to view larger) In Greek and Roman mythology, the 3-headed dog Cerberus guards the gates of Hades. Cerberus permitted souls to enter the realm of dead, but allowed none of them to leave. Only a few ever managed to sneak past the creature,...
* The Aerospace Industries Association voices its concerns about cuts to national security space programs outlined in the 2012 House Defense Appropriations Bill. * L-3 Communications' Chief Executive believes the company is well placed to cope with the downturn in...