by Editorial Staff | Apr 22, 2013 | Asia - Other, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, Industry & Trends, Israel, Middle East - Other, People, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Think Tanks
* Another big Mideast sale is coming down the pipe that will include F-16E/Fs for the UAE, and cruise missiles for the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Israel to get V-22 tiltrotors, AESA fighter radars, and KC-135 aerial tankers. Choosing 707-based tankers is odd, given their...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 19, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Pre-RFP, Russia, Soldier's Gear
* Michael Flynn, the Director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, submitted his annual threat assessment [PDF] to the Senate Armed Services Committee. * Australia’s Department of Defence contracted Telstra for telecommunications services worth $1.1B over 6...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 18, 2013 | Africa - Other, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Japan, Logistics, Textron, USA
* The Pentagon’s Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) has opened applications to its Acquisition Exchange Program (AEP) which opens up 3-12 months assignments at the GS-11+ level that span a number of DoD-wide acquisition policy issues such as...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 17, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Germany, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Pre-RFP, USA
* Following an executive order from the White House last month, the US Department of State’s amendment of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise 4 US Munitions List (USML) categories has been published in the Federal Register [PDF] and will...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 16, 2013 | Airbus, China, Daily Rapid Fire, MBDA, Pre-RFP, Russia
* Per instruction number 5025.13 [PDF] enabled by DoD Directive 5105.53 (Reference (a)) and pursuant to Public Law 111-274 (Reference (b))(also known as the “Plain Writing Act of 2010,” and referred to in this instruction as the “Plain Writing...
