by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2012 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, USA
2007 signing(click to view full) On Sept 5/07, The Australia-United States Treaty on Defense Trade Cooperation was signed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard and US President George W. Bush. The USA and Canada have had a special agreement for several decades,...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, India, Pre-RFP, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
* It seems recent outreach efforts from US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and his deputy Ash Carter might be paying off: according to the Times of India a $1.4B order for 22 AH-64D Apache helicopters (and assorted weapons) is about to be signed. However such...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 21, 2012 | Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, Bombs - Cluster, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, India, Issues - Political, UAVs, USA
* President Obama sticks to presenting a binary choice “between sequester going through or tax cuts continuing for millionaires and billionaires” as if these were the only two possible options. * Australia passed legislation banning the use of cluster...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 20, 2012 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Middle East - Other, Policy - Doctrine, UAVs
* Procurement data crunched by Bloomberg Government shows a surge of federal contract cancellations with 13,579 contracts worth $2.15B cancelled during the current – and almost finished – fiscal year. Some of these cancellations may be recompeted and are...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 20, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
Fuze family On August 15, 2012 the Office of the Product Director for Joint Products (PDJP) awarded a single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to manufacture MK437 Multi Option Fuze for Navy...
