by Editorial Staff | May 16, 2012 | Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Leadership & People, Official Reports, Russia, UAVs, USA
Frank Kendall has been confirmed by the US Senate Armed Services Committee as the Pentagon acquisition chief, alongside 6 other nominees including Heidi Shyu at Army acquisition. Back in March SASC Ranking Member Senator McCain had held up their confirmation. A full...
by Editorial Staff | May 15, 2012 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Logistics
The British Ministry of Defence published a “core equipment programme” shopping list [PDF] worth 152 billion pounds (about $244B) over 10 years that they say is sustainable because they have now balanced their books. This includes 2 Queen Elizabeth...
by Joe Katzman | May 14, 2012 | Asia - Central, Boeing, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Russia, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* The USA is reportedly resuming some weapon sales to Bahrain, which were suspended in October 2011 after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia crushed civil unrest in that country. The weapons reportedly include air-to-air missile and ammunition, but not HMMWVs or anti-tank...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
In May 2012, Realization Technologies, Inc. in San Jose, CA received a $35.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to maintain, deploy, and sustain their Concerto software at existing sites. Corcerto is designed for managing multiple projects using Eli Goldratt’s...
by Editorial Staff | May 11, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Brazil, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Legal, Polar Regions, RFPs, UAVs, USA
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is complaining that House Republicans want to fund stuff the military doesn’t need. In Australia, Shadow Minister for Defence David Johnston and Defence Minister Stephen Smith have similar disagreements on what the...
