by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2012 | Asia - Other, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Legal, Russia, United Technologies
* President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act (H.R. 5872), a bill that compels his administration to submit to Congress a detailed report on sequestration within the next 30 days. * Pratt & Whitney Canada may have settled with the US Department of...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 2, 2012 | BAE, Brazil, Forces - Marines, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Brazilian AAV-7(click to view full) In August 2012, the US DSCA announced [PDF] Brazil’s official request to buy 26 Assault Amphibious Vehicles with Reliability, Availability and Maintainability/ Rebuild to Standard modifications (AAV RAM/RS), including...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 2, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, France, GPS Infrastructure, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Soldier's Gear, Transformation, USA
PLGR & DAGR(DAGR is on the right)(click to view full) Out in the field, one of the most important questions is also one of the simplest: where am I? Map-reading and orienteering remain critical soldiering skills, but the explosive growth of the GPS receiver...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 31, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Scandals & Investigations, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA
Rescue me…(click to view full) Australia may be an NH90 customer, but they also fly quite a few Sikorsky helicopters. Their 35 S-70A-9 Black Hawks began service in 1986, and have been used domestically and in a number of international deployments. Their lack of...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 31, 2012 | Asia - Other, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
* The US Labor Department issued guidance [PDF] on the application of the WARN Act in advance of sequestration. They are saying defense contractors with contracts at stake should not send WARN Act notices, contrarily to the position held by Lockheed Martin and others....
