by Editorial Staff | May 4, 2012 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Missiles - Ballistic, Official Reports, Russia
* Hawker Beechcraft filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt. * CACI’s Q3 FY 2012 results: $928M revenue (+1.6%), $2.04B funded backlog (+4.7%). * The GAO’s latest reports on DoD logistics look at Item Unique Identification (IUID)...
by Editorial Staff | May 3, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Legal, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, USA
* Chinese Rear Adm. Zhang Zhaozhong said that Zumwalt ships are vulnerable to being zerged. Well, he didn’t make an actual reference to videogame swarming aliens, but that’s the gist of his position. * US Navy ship-counting is under scrutiny. * A...
by Editorial Staff | May 1, 2012 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, IT - Cyber-Security, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, USA
* The Philippines, whose appeal for international arbitration of territorial disputes with China has been rejected by Chinese authorities, wants to develop a “minimum credible defense posture”, gets closer to the US. * Rory Medcalf from the Lowy Institute...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 27, 2012 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Europe - Other, France, General Dynamics, Germany, Pre-RFP, USA
* The Washington Times looks into where base closures may happen, if a 6th BRAC is indeed going to be allowed by Congress. But so far the House is not interested. Cynics may allow themselves to think that the Administration’s inclusion of a BRAC round during an...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2012 | Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Intent, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, USA
* The GAO(Government Accountability Office) studied how the fast capability procured via joint urgent operational needs ended up being fielded. Such fulfillment amounted to at least $76.9B for FY 2005-10 according to DoD. Some programs such as the the MRAP Recovery...
