by Editorial Staff | May 15, 2012 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Logistics
The British Ministry of Defence published a “core equipment programme” shopping list [PDF] worth 152 billion pounds (about $244B) over 10 years that they say is sustainable because they have now balanced their books. This includes 2 Queen Elizabeth...
by Editorial Staff | May 11, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Brazil, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Legal, Polar Regions, RFPs, UAVs, USA
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is complaining that House Republicans want to fund stuff the military doesn’t need. In Australia, Shadow Minister for Defence David Johnston and Defence Minister Stephen Smith have similar disagreements on what the...
by Editorial Staff | May 10, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India
* Who says you cannot make a U-turn with an aircraft carrier? Early media reports were right (it happens!), the UK officially confirmed [PDF] that it will switch its JSF order from the F-35C to the STOVL flavor: “We expect HMS Queen Elizabeth to be handed over...
by Editorial Staff | May 8, 2012 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Official Reports, Polar Regions, Russia, Think Tanks, USA
* The US House Budget Committee approved a bill to roll back sequestration through reconciliation and instead offers cuts focused on welfare programs. Getting the Heritage Foundation’s seal of approval was a foregone conclusion, but what is missing is a roadmap...
by Editorial Staff | May 7, 2012 | Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* New think tank papers on Asian security in China’s lengthening shadow: China and Iran [RAND], Defending the Philippines [CNAS, PDF]. * The Washington Times looks at the size of the Pentagon’s civilian workforce which seems to move only in one direction....
