by Editorial Staff | Jan 3, 2013 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Soldier's Gear, Turkey, USA
* Yesterday we rolled out a brand new version of our website. We are working on fixing a number of already-identified issues, but we hope that you will already enjoy a better user experience, from better printing to enhanced embedded media galleries and more. Feedback...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 20, 2012 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Canada, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Logistics, Mines & Countermine-IED, Navistar, Official Reports, People, Thales, Turkey, USA
* The GAO on the forthcoming logistics costs of withdrawing from Afghanistan and what to leave vs. what to bring back: “Because the services have not consistently performed and documented analyses to support decision making concerning the return of excess major...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 19, 2012 | Americas - Other, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, France, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, People, Radars, Raytheon, USA
* The British government submitted its 2012 report [PDF] to parliament on the future nuclear deterrent, noting the ramp up in public and private resources via an Integrated Programme Management Team (IPMT). * Lord Levene, a former chief of defence procurement now at...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 18, 2012 | Asia - Central, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Naval, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Logistics, Pre-RFP, USA
* Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will export more than $14B worth of arms in 2012. Their military sales doubled to $10B from 2005 to 2010, but while growth continued to be steady in past years it is now slowing down, as new orders in 2012 amounted...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 17, 2012 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), France, Legal, Official Reports, Radars, Science - Basic Research, USA
* The US DOD’s Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) released the 2012 update to the DEPPS dataset [PDF] projecting defense purchases by state and industry for 2011-2017 (calendar years). These expenditure estimates reflect the FYDP(Future...
