by Editorial Staff | Jul 11, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Russia
* The US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) finalized its Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) RFP to handle the Technology Development (TD) phase of the program, following Technology Maturation efforts that involved ITT, BAE, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. NGJ...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 10, 2012 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, USA
* Afghan logistics are a high priority for NATO members in what remains a tense, entangled situation. Use of the Ulyanovsk airport in Russia should start next month, while Pakistan is expanding capacity at the Torkham border crossing. A lot of trucks still seem stuck...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 5, 2012 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Logistics, Russia
* NATO supplies started crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan earlier today, after months of negotiation, and the eventual apology from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the deaths in November 2011 of Pakistani soldiers. Releasing withheld...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 2, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, Legal, Official Reports, UAVs, USA
* The Government Accountability Office updated its cost estimates of the last round of US base realignments and closures (BRAC 2005) and concluded that net savings came at less than 28% of the $35.6B originally expected. Ironically the main culprit is one-off...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 29, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Russia, United Technologies, USA
* United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney Canada pleaded guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act and making false statements in connection with its export to China of US-origin military software used in the development of China’s Z-10 attack...
