by Editorial Staff | Jul 2, 2013 | Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, GPS Infrastructure, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The Pentagon’s recent Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR, pronounced skimmer or scammer depending on your inclination) has been described as Fight Club: “the first rule of SCMR is, you don’ talk about SCMR.” Aside from that...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2013 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., China, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Germany, Japan, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, Russia, South Korea, USA, WMD Proliferation
* During the 46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting over the weekend, Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario accused China of a “massive” military buildup in the South China Sea. Global Inquirer | AFP | AAP. * His counterpart from Vietnam was...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 30, 2013 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, India, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat
Talwar class(click to view full) In July 2006, the Indian government announced that Russia would build 3 “stealth warships” for India under a Rs 5114 crore (INR 51.14 billion, then about $1.1 billion) contract signed in New Delhi. The contract actually...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, General Dynamics, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
The all-nuclearTask Force One, 1964(click to view full) There was a time when USS Enterprise was the most famous ship in the world. It still is, but these days, most people think of the fictional starship rather than the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier....
by Editorial Staff | Jun 28, 2013 | Africa - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
* Sean O’Keefe, head of EADS North America and the NDIA trade association, urges the US government to at least grant the Pentagon flexibility within sequestration-level budgets. * Latest from the US GAO: feed us more acquisition metrics; improve Army Industrial...
