Rapid Fire 2011-10-13: Defense Offsets | F-35 Congressional Support

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,...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-12: US Ground Force Capabilities

by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Russia, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility

* As expected, Egypt picks Lockheed Martin’s Sniper targeting pods to equip its new F-16s. Even as the words “targeting” and “Egypt” seems to refer more often to its Copt Christians. * US Army Top 2010 Inventions: infrared illuminating...

$248.3M to DRS for FBCB2/ Blue Force Tracker

by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Finmeccanica, IT - Software & Integration, Support Functions - Other, USA

FBCB2 in HMMWV, Iraq(click to view full) Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Tactical Systems, Inc. in Melbourne, FL recently received a $248.3 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-11: Single Source MOD Contracting | Cyber-Consolidation

by Editorial Staff | Oct 11, 2011 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Lobbying, Official Reports, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, USA

* The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) reviewed its single-source contracts which account for about 40% of its total procurement. While sole sourcing often does make sense, MOD hopes to get standardized cost data from contractors to increase transparency within...

Portable Plasma? Enter Entegrion’s Resusix

by Joe Katzman | Oct 10, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Medical, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA

On the front lines(click to view full) Your friend is on the ground, bleeding out. If you can’t replace the lost circulation volume, he’ll die quickly from shock. If the replacement you use hinders clotting, his odds to make it through the Golden Hour...