by Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2013 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, India, Pre-RFP, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* The US Air Force awarded again its $427M contract (with a $950M maximum) for light air support (LAS) aircraft for the Afghan forces to the team which had already won last year, before the Company Now Known as Beechcraft contested the acquisition and the Air Force...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2013 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Leadership & People, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* As expected Republican Senators softened their opposition to allow Chuck Hagel’s nomination as US Secretary of Defense. The 58-41 roll call stands in contrast with the entirely smooth confirmations of Leon Panetta (100-0) by the previous Congress, or more...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 26, 2013 | Alliances, Avionics, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Force Structure, Issues - International, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Northrop-Grumman, Projections & Assessments, Radars, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, Spotlight articles, Training & Exercises, Transformation, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
Saab S340-AEW(click to view full) The 21st century has seen a quiet transformation of the UAE’s armed forces. Advanced AWACS airborne early warning planes and air and missile defense systems are just the outward signs of a push from a collection of purchased...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2013 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Middle East - Other, T&C - SAIC, USA
* Republicans plan to introduce legislation today that would give the Administration discretion in how to implement sequestration, whereas the original Budget Control Act cuts indiscriminately across budget accounts. The executive branch says they are already pretty...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 25, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, UAVs, USA
Rejected draft cover President Obama used his weekly address to lay the whole responsibility of the sequester on Republicans in Congress. There is a good dose of scare tactics thrown in, including at the Department of Transportation where they apparently can’t...
