International
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InternationalAnother Step Forward For NATO Strategic Airlift
The Defence Ministers of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) nations met at NATO Headquarters to review progress June 12 and map the way forward to meet the goal of receiving […]
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Business/FinancialDRS Had Higher Offer For Sale From Another Foreign Company
By Calvin Biesecker DRS Technologies [DRS] disclosed last week that a foreign company offered it more money for a potential acquisition than the $81 per share it eventually accepted from […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Sale of Flight Systems Unit To Calspan Falls Through
BAE Systems said on Friday that discussions over the planned sale of its Flight Systems business unit to Calspan Corp. have terminated and that the business will remain with BAE. […]
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InternationalExercise Provides Nations Opportunity To Hone Submarine Rescue Skills
By Geoff Fein For the first time in the seven-year history of Bold Monarch, the Russian navy took part in the international submarine exercise that brings together 18 countries in […]
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Homeland Security
Rubin Proposes Major Improvement For European Missile Defense; Would Counter Missiles From India Through Northern Africa
A major improvement could be made in the proposed European Missile Defense (EMD) system that the United States wishes to install to protect Europe from Iranian missile attacks, by increasing […]
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Homeland Security
Campbell Suggests Missile Defense Shield Needs Centralized Planning, Coordination
But Combatant Commanders Would Retain Power To Execute Missile Kills In Their Regions Allied Nations Also Should Be Linked To BMD The multi-layered global ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield should […]
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InternationalRockwell Collins Receives New Work For U.K Program
Rockwell Collins, through its recent acquisition of Athena Technologies, today announced a follow-on production order for Athena 411 integrated inertial navigation, global positioning, and air data attitude heading reference systems […]
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InternationalGeneral Dynamics UK Takes Part In CWID This Month
General Dynamics UK [GD] is demonstrating the latest capability for allied forces at the 2008 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrator (CWID) at Portsdown that runs from June 13-20. CWID 2008 will […]
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InternationalIsrael Spending $190 Million For 25 T-6A Trainer Aircraft
Israel has requested the sale of 25 T-6A Texan aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The total value of the […]
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InternationalBrits Net Gains Through Air-Land Interface Lessons Learned
ROME–The British military has made great strides delivering network enabled capabilities (NEC) to forces working at the Air-Land Interface (ALI) and has identified key steps toward additional interoperability, a Ministry […]