by Joe Katzman | Mar 17, 2013 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Legal, Other Corporation, Tanks & Mechanized
Swedish AMV rollout(click to view full) In June 2009, Sweden’s FMV defense procurement agency picked Finland’s Patria Oyj for a EUR 240 million contract, to deliver 113 AMV (Armoured Modular Vehicle) wheeled Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Swedish...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 15, 2013 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, Pre-RFP, Scandals & Investigations, Soldier's Gear, USA
* As AeroVironment’s latest quarterly results showed, smaller contractors face much more volatility than primes in the current budget environment. * The US Senate will return to the HR 933 CR/mini-omnibus bill on Monday. Despite moaning about amendments from the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2013 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Japan, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Private, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Dutch HNLMS Tromp(click to view full) As missile defense imperatives get stronger, and western defense budgets get weaker, one might expect both competition and cooperation to increase within this sector. That should be especially true around naval platforms, where...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 14, 2013 | Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Science - Basic Research
* Patty Murray [D-WA], Chairman of the US Senate Budget Committee, introduced the first Senate budget proposal in years with a plan that seeks to replace sequestration with smaller budget cuts mixed with tax increases. This outline professes to save “$240...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 13, 2013 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Official Reports, USA
* Chairman of the US House Budget Committee Paul Ryan submitted a new decade-long budget outline [PDF] that includes lower levels of defense spending than the one he issued last year, or the plan he supported as a vice presidential candidate. The Congressional Budget...
