[NDIA Logistics Forum] Program Commonalities Good; Long Term Contracts Hard to Pull Off Domestically

by Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2013 | Conferences & Events, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Procurement Innovations, USA

Not the British soccer player Ed. note: This entry is part of DID’s coverage of the NDIA’s National Logistics Forum 2013. In his keynote, Dale Bennett, EVP of Mission Systems and Training at Lockheed Martin, listed a few things DoD and industry can do to...

[NDIA] US Defense Logistics Undersecretary Can’t Fake Enthusiasm

by Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2013 | Budgets, Events, Logistics, USA

bienvenido en Miami, VA Ed. note: This entry is part of DID’s coverage of the NDIA’s National Logistics Forum 2013. Lou Kratz, Chairman of NDIA Logistics Management Division and a Vice President of Logistics and Sustainment at Lockheed Martin, introduced...

Rapid Fire June 7, 2013: Surface Ship Torpedo Defense Tests

by Editorial Staff | Jun 7, 2013 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Middle East - Other, Polar Regions, Protective Systems - Naval, Russia, Submarines, USA

* US NAVSEA conducted last month tests of its Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system from USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). * Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) delivered Minnesota (SSN 783) to the US Navy. It’s their 10th Virginia-class submarine. * Should...

Rapid Fire June 6, 2013: More Competition Coming to Medium Transport Aircraft Market?

by Editorial Staff | Jun 6, 2013 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA

* CEO of Airbus Military Domingo Ureña-Raso said the company was mulling developing a 16-18t transport aircraft, below C-130s and roughly at Embraer’s level with its KC-390. * In the absence of having been proven guilty, AgustaWestland wants to be paid the funds...

Rapid Fire June 5, 2013: Interest Groups, A Gift that Keeps On Giving

by Editorial Staff | Jun 5, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Engineering Vehicles, Europe - Other, Germany, India, Issues - Political, Logistics, Pre-RFP, Surface Ships - Other, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA

* Contributing to a sudden, redoubled effort from interest groups to pressure the US government into starting significant reforms at the Pentagon, the conservative National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and R Street Institute released a report [PDF] outlining yet another...