by Joe Katzman | Oct 23, 2013 | Asia - Central, Corporate Innovations, Logistics, Other Corporation, Russia, Turkey, USA, Warfare - Lessons
M-ATVs, hauling out(click to view full) The US Army’s Retrograde, Reset, Redeployment, Redistribution, and Disposal (R4D or “Afghan retrograde”) is a huge effort, moving an estimated $17 billion of good out of country at a cost of around $6 billion....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 21, 2013 | DID site, Events
DID Editor Joe Katzman is on-site at AUSA 2013 in Washington, DC. I have a number of appointments already set up, but DID’s team are always interested in meeting our readers, and all of the faces we’d otherwise “see” only via emails. DID is...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Surface-Air, Thales
STARStreak In 2009, Britain was looking to cut the number of STARStreak portable air defense missiles in stock, even as it signed a through-life support contract that would last until 2020-2021. In 2013, they changed course, buying another 200 missiles in order to...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, IAI, Israel, Issues - International, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Radars, RAFAEL
Super Dvora Mk.III(click to view full) Israel isn’t the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of naval exporters, but it has enjoyed success in one limited field: patrol craft. Its Dvora family, whose largest Mk.III boats are 90 feet long and just...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 8, 2013 | Canada, Contracts - Intent, Events, Force Structure, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, T&C - CSC, Thales
In October 2010, the Canadian government issued a Solicitation of Interest and Qualification to 5 short-listed firms, for the opportunity to be part of the Conservative Party government’s 30-year National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Up to 28 major ships...
