Defense Daily
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Navy/USMCNavy Taking Steps Now To Thwart Tactical Aircraft Shortfall Next Decade
By Geoff Fein and Emelie Rutherford Facing a shortfall of at least 69 strike fighters by 2015, the Navy is undertaking a number of efforts to ensure that it will […]
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InternationalIraq Requests $1.4 Billion In FMS Equipment
Iraq potentially wants to buy approximately $1.389 billion in Foreign Military Sales of various vehicles, small arms and ammunition, communication equipment, medical equipment, clothing and individual equipment as well as […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines Seek To Integrate Troops’ Gear To Lower Weight
By Emelie Rutherford To address the daunting problem of lightening the load of gear carried by troops, the Marine Corps is working to treat the rifle squad as a combat […]
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[March 25, 2008]
// PDF View- DHS Begins Gearing Up For First Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
- L-1 To Acquire ID Systems Business of Digimarc
- Marines Seek To Integrate Troops’ Gear To Lower Weight
- Iraq Requests $1.4 Billion In FMS Equipment
- Livermore Lab Got Security Waiver–POGO
- Public Discussion Needed On Relationship Between Active-Reserve Components, General Says
- Raytheon To Provide Patriot Services For South Korean FMS
- Critics Assail U.S. Satellite Shoot-Down, But Stop Short of Saying It Was Unneeded
- General Dynamics UK Launches The EDGE Innovation Centre
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Business/FinancialL-1 To Acquire ID Systems Business of Digimarc
By Calvin Biesecker L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the ID Systems business of Digimarc Corp. [DMRC] for $250 million in stock and cash in […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Begins Gearing Up For First Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun scoping how it will put together its first ever Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), a congressionally-mandated report that will […]
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International
General Dynamics UK Launches The EDGE Innovation Centre
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited announced recently that it has launched a pioneering innovation center for Britain’s knowledge-based industries. The EDGE UK will enable rapid testing of new advances […]
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Critics Assail U.S. Satellite Shoot-Down, But Stop Short of Saying It Was Unneeded
By Dave Ahearn Several critics recently assailed the U.S. move to use a Lockheed Martin [LMT] sea-based Aegis ballistic missile defense system and Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 interceptor to shoot […]
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International
Raytheon To Provide Patriot Services For South Korean FMS
Raytheon [RTN] said it has received an initial contract to provide engineering services related to a U.S. government Foreign Military Sale of the Patriot air and missile defense system to […]
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ArmyPublic Discussion Needed On Relationship Between Active-Reserve Components, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Public debate is needed to recognize the change that more than seven years of conflict have seen as the National Guard and Reserves are used not so […]