by Editorial Staff | Aug 27, 2012 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Logistics, Other Equipment - Land, Think Tanks, Trucks & Transport, USA
Come onYou can do this! Army Sustainment explains the intricacies involved in recovering an RG-31 MRAP that rolled over last year on “little more than a goat trail” in Northern Afghanistan. Plan A involved lifting the ditched vehicle with a massive MRAP...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 24, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Lockheed Martin, People, Soldier's Gear, Training & Exercises, USA
* The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a short report [PDF] on the effects of sequestration, though they note that their estimates are not binding, as it’s the Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that has authority to...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Indonesia, Missiles - Precision Attack, Raytheon
Mavericks got better eyesight as they aged The US DSCA notified Congress [PDF] on August 21, 2012 of Indonesia’s request for 18 AGM-65K2 Maverick missiles, 36 TGM-65K2 Captive Air Training Missiles, 3 TGM-65D Maintenance Training Missiles, and the necessary...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, India, Pre-RFP, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
* It seems recent outreach efforts from US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and his deputy Ash Carter might be paying off: according to the Times of India a $1.4B order for 22 AH-64D Apache helicopters (and assorted weapons) is about to be signed. However such...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 21, 2012 | Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, Bombs - Cluster, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, India, Issues - Political, UAVs, USA
* President Obama sticks to presenting a binary choice “between sequester going through or tax cuts continuing for millionaires and billionaires” as if these were the only two possible options. * Australia passed legislation banning the use of cluster...
