by Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2013 | Asia - Central, China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, India, Pre-RFP, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
* The US Air Force awarded again its $427M contract (with a $950M maximum) for light air support (LAS) aircraft for the Afghan forces to the team which had already won last year, before the Company Now Known as Beechcraft contested the acquisition and the Air Force...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2013 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Leadership & People, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* As expected Republican Senators softened their opposition to allow Chuck Hagel’s nomination as US Secretary of Defense. The 58-41 roll call stands in contrast with the entirely smooth confirmations of Leon Panetta (100-0) by the previous Congress, or more...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 26, 2013 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Middle East - Other, T&C - SAIC, USA
* Republicans plan to introduce legislation today that would give the Administration discretion in how to implement sequestration, whereas the original Budget Control Act cuts indiscriminately across budget accounts. The executive branch says they are already pretty...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 25, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, UAVs, USA
Rejected draft cover President Obama used his weekly address to lay the whole responsibility of the sequester on Republicans in Congress. There is a good dose of scare tactics thrown in, including at the Department of Transportation where they apparently can’t...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 22, 2013 | Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, India, IT - General, Leadership & People, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Pre-RFP, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, USA
* US defense acquisition undersecretary Frank Kendall encouraged his staff to start briefing their industry contacts about the effects of sequestration in a memo seen by Reuters. Comptroller Hale anticipates that new contracts are more likely to be delayed or...
