by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2011 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, France, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat
FS Foudre(click to view full) When 2010 British budget cuts forced the Royal Navy to sell RFA Largs Bay just a few years into its service life, Chile’s need to deliver disaster relief from the sea made them one of the reported bidders. Largs Bay ended up heading...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Field Innovations, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Lobbying, Missiles - Ballistic, Russia, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Don’t mind me, I’m just the user. Driven mostly by political pressure, defense offsets have grown to 130 countries for an estimated $100B/year. * Russia is likely to continue renewing its aging materiel, at least if oil prices remain high and Putin gets,...