by Tim Oren I'll start this with a big tip of the hat to DARPA and its director, Dr. Tony Tether, who has one of the world's best jobs. Not only do they push the bleeding edge and come up with clever ways to engage the research community in their endeavors, but they...
Embattled.(click to view full) "Cost Growth Puts the Brakes on the USA's Littoral Combat Ship Program" described major program changes and accompanying issues for a ship set that was originally intended to be the numerical backbone of the USA's future navy. Since...
Le Figaro reports that following France's latest loss of its Moroccan Rafale fighter sale to used American F-16s, Sarkozy has set up a new high-level unit consisting of the president, the prime minister, the ministers of defense, finance and foreign affairs and the...
Europe(click to view full) Analyst firm Forecast International's "Europe Market Overview" offers a less-than-optimistic view of Europe's status as a defense market, and provide very relevant background to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' Oct 25/07 speech at the...
Hellfire II On Oct 29/07, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Israel's formal request for a wide variety of missiles and ammunition. Previous orders have outfitted its air force for air-air and air-ground combat. While many of this order's...
TOW-2A cutaway(click to view full) On Oct 29/07 the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Egypt's formal request for 2,000 TOW 2A anti-armor guided missiles. The TOW 2A is an improved version of the original Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided...
Dragon Runner"Throwbot" Goodrich Corp. subsidiary Sensors Unlimited Inc. in Princeton, NJ received a $1.25 million increment of a $5.7 million cost plus fixed fee contract to develop extremely small, lightweight, shortwave infrared imaging sensors on a chip. They'll...
Our readers aren't the only ones with electricity bills to pay. Governments of all levels get them, including the military. In addition, the military's purchasing power often makes it easier and cheaper for federal civilian government agencies to include themselves in...
HBCT on rails(click to view full) BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems have signed a memorandum of agreement to work collaboratively in support of the U. S. Army's Heavy Brigade Combat Team modernization plan aimed at achieving modernization and commonality...