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Carter: Defense Industry Interests Align with Those of DOD
The long-term interests of the defense industry and the Defense Department are aligned, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said during a May 3 awards ceremony in McLean, Va. At the ceremony, Carter received the Eisenhower Award from the National Defense Industrial Association. The award recognizes leadership and strategic impact at the highest levels of national [...]
Global Cyber Security Market 2013-2023
The proliferation of cyber attacks over the past decade has meant that many companies and government organizations are now fully aware of the dangers exposed to them through under-protected networks or from individual negligence. The growth of the internet has meant that cyber attacks represent a borderless challenge to security operators, who must now find [...]
Global Man-Portable Military Electronics Market 2013-2023
With a very mature collection of technologies proven in combat by the US, the military man-portable electronics market shows potential for strong growth as other countries seek to modernise their soldiers’ equipment. Although the very high end of the market is expected to suffer from budget cuts in the US and Europe as well as [...]
Defense Industry Finds New Business Opportunity in Emerging Countries
Under tight budgetary environment global defence industries are experiencing another threat to their growth: unexpected competition arising from rapid innovations in the commercial of the shelf (COTS) technologies. This is more relevant to C4ISR, being a complex web of high-tech sub-systems. As traditional defence markets no longer offer reliable growth opportunities global defence integrators are [...]
Termination of Talks Regarding the Merger of BAE Systems and EADS
Following the announcements made by BAE Systems plc and EADS N.V. on 12 September 2012 in relation to a possible combination of their businesses through a dual listed company structure, BAE Systems and EADS announce that they have decided to terminate their discussions. BAE Systems and EADS believe that the merger was based on a [...]
Leading defence firms ‘not transparent enough’: study
A large majority of the world’s biggest defence companies do not provide enough evidence that they adequately prevent corruption, campaigners Transparency International UK said in a study on Thursday. The pressure group analysed the top 129 global defence firms and has published its Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index, which grades from A-F how effectively companies combat [...]
Defense Industry Continues to Shrink In First Half Of 2012
According to a new financial report from Deloitte, “Mid-year 2012 Top 20 Global Aerospace and Defense Company Financial Performance Analysis,” defense contractors in the top global aerospace and defense (A&D) companies experienced a 1.0 percent decrease in global revenues in 1H (first half) 2012, on top of the 3.3 percent decline in revenues in 2011. [...]
Swedish Investments in the Indian Defence Industry
In end August 2012, the Swedish defence and security company Saab Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian private-sector company Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited. Saab, with total sales of US $3,582 million in 2011, holds a vital role in Sweden’s defence industry. Partly as a result of changing economic [...]
Putin Demands New Plan for Defense Industry Overhaul
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged the government to draft a new defense industry modernization program that includes increased private investment and improved social benefits for employees. “This program must be tailored so that enterprises are modernized in parallel with the resolution of these social issues,” Putin said during a meeting with Deputy Prime [...]
