by Editorial Staff | Feb 15, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Mines & Countermine-IED, Official Reports, People, Science - Basic Research
* Faced with a really tough fiscal environment, Italian Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola announced that Italy intends to reduce its F-35 order by about 40 units. Bloomberg | Reuters [in Italian]. * The US Defense Science Board task force published its final report...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 13, 2012 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Legal, USA
The US federal government puts together its budget by way of a protracted, ongoing process. As the largest recipient of discretionary federal funds, the Department of Defense adds its own layer of complexity unknown to other smaller departments. This article explains...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 10, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Issues - International, Legal, Mines & Countermine-IED, Official Reports, Politics, Think Tanks
* The Brookings think tank, on the proliferation of IED attacks in 2011: “[D]anger will not disappear even after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan ends. […] It is unsustainable to keep throwing billions of dollars to fight a technology that costs the other...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 8, 2012 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Navistar, T&C - SAIC, Think Tanks, USA
* Todd Harrison at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) reviews options [PDF] for DOD to handle sequestration. “If this downturn in defense spending is like previous downturns, the FY 2013 budget projection the administration is about to...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 6, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Naval, France, Medical, Soldier's Gear
* Significant drilling has started at Portsmouth Naval Base to allow the UK’s future aircraft carriers in. * Former US Navy Secretary and DOD UnderSec Gordon England opines: “The base defense budget, somewhat over 3 percent of our gross domestic product,...
