by Editorial Staff | Apr 30, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, India, Mines & Countermine-IED, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, Science - Basic Research, USA
* The US Defense Acquisition University posted a bunch of slideshows and videos dedicated to the implementation of Better Buying Power. Try this one [PPTX] for a start, which sensibly advocates basing programs on realistic requirements rather than...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 29, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, India, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Official Reports, Policy - Doctrine, Think Tanks, UAVs
* The French government released a much-delayed White Paper [PDF, in French] to refresh France’s defense outlook. What happened since the previous Livre Blanc published in 2008? The global financial crisis and the accelerated degradation of public finances in...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 26, 2013 | China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, India, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* Raytheon’s Q1 2013 sales were down by 1% Y/Y to %5.88B. The backlog lost 2.2% from a year ago, to $33.5B. Missile systems performed best (+8%) while network centric systems decreased by 7%. * Overall US prime contractors had an OK quarter, and they now...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2013 | Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Northrop-Grumman, USA
* A large bipartisan group of US lawmakers sent a letter [PDF] to the secretary of defense urging him to base sequestration-driven furlough decisions on merit, reports Government Executive. * Northrop Grumman’s Q1 2013 revenue was down 1.5% Y/Y to $6.1B, as...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 24, 2013 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Events, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, RFPs, Rolls Royce, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Bradley puts on wear(click to view full) The US Army’s Heavy Brigade Combat Teams have relied on BAE’s 30+ ton Bradley family of M2/3/6/7 vehicles for a variety of combat functions, from armed infantry carrier and cavalry scout roles, to specialized tasks...
