by Editorial Staff | Jun 4, 2013 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Japan, Legal, Lobbying, Nuclear Weapons, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, Signals Radio & Wireless, South Korea, Think Tanks, Turkey, UAVs, USA
* The US Navy posted a summary [obnoxious text-as-image format, because PDF would have been too easy] of the Air-Sea Battle (ASB) concept which even has its own office. Summary of the summary: the US needs to relearn how to fight enemies with better gear than...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 3, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, Think Tanks, USA
* Bloomberg reports, based on anonymous sources, that Israel is reviewing what types of systems it will buy from the US with American aid. New V-22s and used KC-135s are part of the talks. * Coming this Wednesday: the full FY14 authorization markup by the US House...
by Editorial Staff | May 31, 2013 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Boeing, Budgets, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Lockheed Martin, Medical, Official Reports, Partnerships & Consortia, Polar Regions, USA
* After almost 2 years of denial, US Defense Undersecretary Ashton Carter instructed the services to work on FY 14 and FY15 budgeting scenarios that span a range going from the president’s unrealistic FY14 budget to full sequestration (~10% lower). Give it...
by Editorial Staff | May 30, 2013 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Software & Integration, Middle East - Other, Oceans - International, Russia, Security & Secrecy, Simulation & Training, Soldier's Gear, Think Tanks, Training & Exercises, USA, Warfare - Trends
* 4 major defense-focused American think tanks joined forces to weight budget trade-offs for the Pentagon over the next 10 years. They have a clear consensus [PDF] to primarily target personnel, and more specifically DoD civilians, for cuts, whether sequestration is...
by Editorial Staff | May 29, 2013 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Germany, India, Industry & Trends, Japan, Partnerships & Consortia, Soldier's Gear, USA
* Spain’s armament exports decreased by 19.6% in 2012 after a record 2011, to EUR 1.95B (about $2.5B). That is still more than twice the yearly average up to 2010. Australia replaced Venezuela as their largest purchaser. El Pais [in Spanish]. * Japan may sell...
