Rapid Fire: 2010-09-03
Updated: 2010-09-02 23:13:10
M&A Fever: August was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the US defense industry, particular in the areas expected to be spared from the Pentagon cuts, such as sensors, RF technology, and UAVs.
Israel-based Elbit Systems agrees to buy fellow Israeli firm Mikal’s interests in 3 companies for $87 million: Soltam Systems, which supplies [...]
Can We Share? The Times of London is reporting that the UK and France are discussing an agreement to share aircraft carriers because of severe defense budget constraints in both countries, although the Wall Street Journals says the two sides are only talking about coordinating carrier retrofits so that one carrier is always available from [...]