by Editorial Staff | May 30, 2012 | Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
* Rafael is trying to increase the range of its Iron Dome rocket shields. The US plans to provide military aid to Israel to buy more of these counter-rocket systems, though so far numbers fluctuate widely between the Administration, the House and the Senate. * House...
by Editorial Staff | May 24, 2012 | Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, USA
The US DoD published two FY11 reports on purchases from foreign entities and to foreign countries [PDFs]. DoD procurement actions from foreign entities amounted to $24B or 6.4% of the total. 67% of that comes from fuel, services, construction, or food. 18% or about...
by Editorial Staff | May 22, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Middle East - Other
Spot the fake The US Senate published a report [PDF] on counterfeit electronics that follows up on a hearing from November last year. Besides blaming China, the report concludes that: “the defense industry’s reliance on unvetted independent distributors to...
by Editorial Staff | May 18, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Japan, Official Reports
Not a “heart” emoticon The US Department of Defense released its annual report [PDF] to Congress on Chinese military developments. Analysis of spending is pretty bare-bones: “Using 2011 prices and exchange rates, DoD estimates China’s total...
by Editorial Staff | May 16, 2012 | Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Leadership & People, Official Reports, Russia, UAVs, USA
Frank Kendall has been confirmed by the US Senate Armed Services Committee as the Pentagon acquisition chief, alongside 6 other nominees including Heidi Shyu at Army acquisition. Back in March SASC Ranking Member Senator McCain had held up their confirmation. A full...
