Pat Host
Articles By Pat
-
InternationalBeechcraft Signs New Zealand Contracts For Eleven T-6C Trainer Aircraft
Beechcraft said Monday its defense company signed two contracts to provide a comprehensive pilot training system for New Zealand’s air force. The foundation is for 11 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II […]
-
UncategorizedDefense Watch
Olympic Soldiers. The Army says three soldiers from the World Class Athlete Program earn nominations for the U.S. Olympic Luge Team for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Team […]
-
PentagonMonitoring Nuclear Proliferation Should Be A Top U.S. Objective, DSB Says In Report
Monitoring for nuclear proliferation should be a top United States national security objective, but the nation is not yet organized, nor fully equipped, to address this, according to a recently […]
-
Friday, January 24, 2013
- Lockheed Martin’s Income Falls On Charges
- Raytheon Awarded $1.2 Billion Air Defense System Sale To Oman
- Congress Appropriates $235 Million For Israeli Iron Dome Procurement
- PACOM Looking to Maximize Assets, Gain New Ones During Rebalance
- Mobile, Cloud, Stealth Attacks Lead Cyber Threats For 2014, McAfee Says
- Army Works Toward Defining Next CH-47F Helicopter Upgrades
- Future Threats Will Require More Unmanned Autonomy, Study Argues
-
BudgetCongress Appropriates $235 Million For Israeli Iron Dome Procurement
The fiscal year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama January 17, provides $235 million for Israel to procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter […]
-
SpaceLPTA Contracts Hurting Industry And DoD, Astrium Services Government’s Chief Says
The Defense Department’s trend of procuring commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) bandwidth through lowest price, technically acceptable (LPTA) contract evaluations stifles industry’s innovation to provide best value and supplies warfighters with […]
-
Air ForceAir Force Drops AWT Requirement From FAB-T Source Selection, Raytheon Says
The Air Force dropped the Advanced Wideband Terminal (AWT) requirement from its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program and will proceed with Command Post Terminal (CPT)-only production, according […]
-
InternationalSingapore Requests $2.4 Billion In F-16 Block 52 Upgrades
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Jan. 14 it notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of upgrades to Singapore’s F-16 Block 52 aircraft and associated equipment, […]
-
SpaceULA Never Let RD AMROSS Exclusivity Agreement Lapse, CEO Gass Says
United Launch Alliance (ULA) never let its exclusivity agreement with RD-180 engine provider RD AMROSS expire, according to company CEO Michael Gass, refuting a key allegation in Orbital Sciences’ [ORB] […]
-
Air ForceLockheed Martin Successfully Tests LRASM Vertical Launch System Interface
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently demonstrated and validated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) by modifying the software to […]