by Editorial Staff | Oct 3, 2012 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Germany, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, USA
* The Pentagon continues to pretend it is not planning for sequestration. Showing their newfound social media savvy, the Department even created a Facebook community for that. * Congressional Republicans are apoplectic to have been outmaneuvered – at last for...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 2, 2012 | BAE, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, People, USA
* Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems announced they would not send WARN Act letters in 2012 in advance of sequestration, in the wake of OMB guidance published last Friday. from LockMart’s statement: “DOD anticipates no contract actions on or about 2 January,...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 1, 2012 | Airbus, BAE, Bombs - Smart, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Policy - Doctrine, Sensors - Aquatic, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, UAVs, USA
* Lagardere released earlier today a statement [in French] claiming the EADS/BAE plan “has not yet demonstrated that it was creating value for EADS.” Its CEO Arnaud Lagardere, Chairman of EADS since May 2012, then met with EADS CEO Tom Enders for a private...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 28, 2012 | Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Germany, India, Legal, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, RFPs, USA
* US Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, PEO Aircraft Carriers, reminds the industry that cost overruns feed “right into the hands of the people who question the need for 11 big-deck carriers” and “cutting a ship … is enticing for the green-eye...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 27, 2012 | C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Logistics Innovations, Official Reports, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AEGIS got a full plate The US Navy’s AEGIS Program Office, PEO IWS, held an Industry Day last week about its AEGIS Ship Integration and Test Program (SI&T) in preparation of a forthcoming request for proposals. The Aegis Combat Weapon System (ACS/AWS)...
