by Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2013 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Japan, Pre-RFP, UAVs, USA
* General Dynamics won the Ground Mobility Vehicles 1.1 competition for US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), with a contract worth up to $562M over 7 years. * According to a draft planning document seen by Bloomberg, the Pentagon may fire more than 6,000 civilian...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2013 | Alliances, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Japan, Medical, Middle East - Other, Russia, Soldier's Gear, South Korea, USA
* Syrian rebels accuse the government of having killed hundreds of civilians using chemical weapons near Damascus. Claims of chemical weapon use last year were muddled by attribution uncertainty. Russia continues to staunchly support Bashar al-Assad’s regime,...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 21, 2013 | China, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Russia, USA
* US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey explained in a letter to a congressman that opposition to the Assad regime in Syria is too fragmented and would not align with American interests, were they to prevail. In his opinion this weakens the case for...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 20, 2013 | BAE, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Launch Vehicles, Middle East - Other, People, Soldier's Gear, Turkey, UAVs, USA
* China’s military officials are not even pretending to be credible when they state that they “oppose of taking use of information and technology to conduct any kind of operation and hostility towards another party in the cyber domain”, but given...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 19, 2013 | Africa - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, India, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soldier's Gear, South Korea, Submarines, UAVs, USA
* The US Congress is split over what to do with military aid to Egypt, while the Obama administration is reviewing its options. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is floating the idea of a EU-wide arms embargo. By design in the European Union, nothing will happen without...
