International
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Business/FinancialL-1 Selling Identity Solutions Portfolio To Safran, Intel Business To BAE
By Calvin Biesecker France’s Safran Group and Britain’s BAE Systems yesterday announced plans to acquire the identity solutions and intelligence services businesses respectively of L-1 Identity Solutions [ID], in two […]
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InternationalNew Start Treaty Calls For More Intensive Inspection, Official Says
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) pending in the Senate calls for tougher, “eyes on” verification, a senior State Department official said. “This treaty…has a more intensive verification regime […]
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InternationalEADS Could Lower Tanker Price In Air Force Competition
Executives of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) said the company could still alter its bid for a contract to build aerial refueling tankers during the Pentagon’s evaluation […]
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InternationalElbit Systems, Sagem, Sign MoA On Tactical UAVs
Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) and Sagem Defense Securite S.A. (Safran group) announced the signature of a Memorandum of Agreement on the intended establishment, by early 2011, of an equally owned […]
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InternationalBAE Systems Confirms Commitment To Brazil
On the heels of a Defense Cooperation Agreement announced by the United Kingdom and Brazilian, BAE Systems confirmed its commitment to Brazil and its naval re-equipment program in a move […]
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InternationalWTO Rules Against U.S. Subsidies To Boeing In Midst of Tanker Evaluation
The World Trade Organization (WTO) in a preliminarily decision found some U.S. government subsidies to Boeing [BA] were illegal, according to U.S. sources, some of whom claimed the trade violations […]
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InternationalWhile Boeing Awaits Approval For F/A-18 Multi Year, Eyes Foreign Sales
Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm can sign the […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman Launches New C2 Software For U.K. Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has launched a new and enhanced version of its industry-leading command and control software application Command and Control for the PC (C2PC) that it is providing for […]
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InternationalTerrorist Threat Less Severe Today But More Complex, Report Says
Al-Qaeda and its allies have fewer capabilities now to launch a large-scale attack like it did nine years ago although the threat it presents is more diverse and complex, consisting […]
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InternationalBoeing Completes Harpoon Work With Danish Navy
Boeing [BA] said it has successfully completed an industrial cooperation program associated with follow-on support of the Harpoon weapon system for the Royal Danish Navy. Boeing met ahead of schedule […]