by Editorial Staff | Jan 6, 2012 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Policy - Doctrine
* In line with pre-announcements made by his administration in past months, President Obama said yesterday he was directing the Pentagon to lower ground troop levels in favor of increasing special forces, cybersecurity and UAVs, alongside a shift in resources from...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 5, 2012 | Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, IT - Cyber-Security, Medical, Policy - Doctrine, Science - Basic Research, USA, WMD
* President Obama will attend today’s Pentagon briefing on strategic adjustments that will lead to a 10+% reduction in the number of ground troops (presumably from peak levels): NYT | Reuters | C-Span stream (to start live at 10:50am ET). * The UK’s...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 4, 2012 | Americas - Other, Boeing, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, People, Policy - Doctrine, UAVs, USA
* US SecDef Leon Panetta will present the result of the Pentagon’s latest strategic review tomorrow. Nothing dramatic or really new appears in the pre-announcement coverage so far: Bloomberg | NYT | Reuters. Expect a confirmation of a relative, but not drastic...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 3, 2012 | Air Reconnaissance, Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Legal, Nuclear Weapons, USA
* President Obama signed the FY12 defense authorization bill (HR1540) on December 31 but expressed “serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists.” * A $355M contract...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 29, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Japan, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Policy - Doctrine, Soldier's Gear
* The Pentagon is to modestly reduce the number of its top-ranked officers, after a decade of “star creep.” * How do you squeeze a Merlin AW101 helicopter into a C17? The BBC explains with a timelapse video and helpful charts. * Some British soldiers are...
