Rapid Fire May 17, 2013: Maintaining the US Naval Nuclear Deterrent

Rapid Fire May 16, 2013: More Russian Helos for Afghanistan

* Rosoboronexport will deliver more Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan before the end of the year despite concerns raised in the US Congress, reports RIA Novosti. * The Electric Ships office within the US Navy’s PEO Ships update its technology development roadmap...
Rapid Fire May 17, 2013: Maintaining the US Naval Nuclear Deterrent

CAMM Opener for the Naval Missile Market: MBDA & LMCO’s MoU

CAMM-M launch(click to view full) In mid-May 2013, MBDA signed an MoU with Lockheed Martin that has the potential to shake up the naval missile industry. It sounds innocuous: both companies agree to jointly explore the market for the integration of MBDA naval missile...
Rapid Fire May 17, 2013: Maintaining the US Naval Nuclear Deterrent

Rapid Fire May 15, 2013: Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Counterfeits

* The Pentagon’s latest proposition for furloughs of its civilian employees is down to 11 days, spread between July 8 and the end of FY13 on Sept. 30. That’s half of their earliest estimate and the exact number of unpaid days might still get lower....
Rapid Fire May 17, 2013: Maintaining the US Naval Nuclear Deterrent

Rapid Fire May 14, 2013: Savings Catalog | Asian Naval Buildup

* The centrist Stimson Center issued a report [PDF] compiling ideas for defense savings from a wide variety of sources. Whereas the Pentagon tends to point to billions of dollars of imaginary efficiencies lacking any specificity, this document enumerates actual,...