Month: May 2011

Military officials told senators last week their services’ delayed initial operational capability (IOC) dates for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be reset according to the aircrafts’ performance. The IOC […]

Budget Boom. The HAC-D is set to mark up a FY ’12 Pentagon appropriations bill today that is 1.7 percent below the Pentagon spending amount President Barack Obama is requesting […]

TASC, Inc., yesterday issued a report that identifies the 21 key cyber security challenges it believes the nation, including the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, is facing and suggests […]

Harboring lingering doubts about the ability of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to acquire off-the-shelf fixed, integrated surveillance towers to be deployed along the nation’s southwest border, the House Appropriations […]

Boeing [BA] Defence UK May 26 revealed the seven U.K. companies that will support its efforts as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Delivery Partner for the Logistics Network Enabled Capability […]

There is progress in Nepal toward implementing a 2006 peace agreement ending its civil war though the Constituent Assembly working to do so is set to expire May 28, a […]

MBDA May 26 said it had two successful launches May 18 and 19 demonstrating the effectiveness of its Aster missiles. Both launches were from the Italian navy’s Cavour carrier, and […]

Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] unveiled the first of 30 new Turkish-built F-16s in ceremonies yesterday at TAI’s facility near Ankara. The F-16 program has provided […]

U.S. defense sales to India have greatly increased over the past decade, with more than $30 billion still to come in military acquisition, according to a State Department official. “They […]

Just days before the last U.K. troops left Iraq, U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox said a strong economy is a national security requirement and an affordable defense […]