by Editorial Staff | Jun 27, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lobbying, People, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, UAVs
* The CEOs of prime contractors including Lockheed Martin and EADS North America met with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to discuss how to avoid next year’s pending budget sequester. A previous meeting of industry bigwigs with the White House’s...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 20, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, Middle East - Other, Procurement Innovations, Russia, USA
The latest Defense AT&L [PDF] from the US Defense Acquisition University covers how to manage operations & support costs and ways to make more accurate life cycle cost estimates. The presentations from last month’s 9th Acquisition Research Symposium...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 19, 2012 | Africa - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Soldier's Gear, USA
The US Congressional Service (CRS) latest report [PDF] on Multi Year Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting (BBC) explains these contract vehicles, how they differ and when they should be used. The US DOD Inspector General is concerned [PDF] that the supply chain...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 18, 2012 | Alliances, Budgets, France, General Dynamics, Germany, India, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Trucks & Transport, USA
Forthcoming acquisition reform in India may in effect ease the use of imported parts and decrease offset obligations, according to the Business Standard. Japan wants to know why a CV-22 crashed last week in Florida before getting any MV-22s on its soil. The US will...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 14, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Fuel & Power, Israel, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Russia, UAVs, USA
This one won’t run on algae juice Support for the US Navy’s alternative fuel initiatives may be wavering in Congress, but for now the DoN keeps going. The RIMPAC 2012 exercise coming up this summer will include a “Great Green Fleet”...
