by Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Legal, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic
* Some F-35s were grounded last week for a few days until replacement ejection seats are received. Parachutes were improperly packed, said [PDF] the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). * The F-35 is what the Air Force plans to use for close-air support in place of A-10...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 30, 2012 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Logistics, Medical, Middle East - Other, Oceans - International, Other Corporation
Military meds are big business. In March 2010 the US DLA’s Defense Supply Center Philadelphia awarded a pair of 5-year contracts worth up to $807.1 million to Cardinal Health in Dublin, OH, for drug distribution to US military medical facilities. For these...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 30, 2012 | Airbus, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, People, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith told reporters the Department will review their JSF purchase timetable, in light last week’s confirmation that the US will take it slow. * Jim Maslowski, President at Hawker Beechcraft Defense and a former US Navy Rear...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2012 | Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Transport & Utility
Update: FY13 PB has been released. Top Pentagon officials gave a briefing yesterday on major budget decisions ahead of the FY13 President Budget request coming on Feb. 13. Highlights among the outlined priorities [PDF]: * A relatively stable topline at $613.4B, made...
