by Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, L3 Communications, Logistics, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations
* The UK-based Guardian quotes US Brigadier General Steve Shapiro, director of the Materiel Enterprise Integration and Retrograde Operations Center, as saying he’s been “hearing about $6B in transportation costs” out of Afghanistan. Given such high...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 25, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Turkey
* Adam Liffa and Andrew Erickson try to shed some light on China’s military budget in China Quarterly. They’re saying the inflation-adjusted growth rate has been slowing down and converging with GDP growth, which itself has cooled down. This would amount...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 24, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Radars, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
S-2000 AEW&C(click to view full) In early October 2010, Saab Group announced an SEK 4.5 billion (about $671.5 million) contract to supply its Saab 2000 airborne early warning and control system (AEW&C), which includes “a Saab 2000 aircraft”...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 22, 2013 | Brazil, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Russia, South Korea, Think Tanks, Turkey, USA
* The Pentagon has decided to delay the issuance of furloughs for its civilian employees by a couple of weeks. * President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy made a surprisingly candid and lucid speech [PDF] at an event held by the European Defense Agency:...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Lockheed Martin
* The US Senate passed HR 933 with a 73-26 roll call to fund DoD and the rest of the federal government until September 30, after considering a final batch of amendments. The bill goes back to the House today, and it looks like a done deal. Update: indeed, as the...
