by Editorial Staff | Sep 28, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Naval, Forces - Strategic, Legal, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement
* South Korea’s 2012 defense budget: +5.6% or roughly in line with total budget growth, pending parliamentary approval. * British Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox says a 1% increase (in real terms) to the Defence Equipment and Support budget between...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Official Reports, UAVs
* British MoD publicly released its joint doctrine approach to UAS’s [PDF]. Why define UAV doctrine? Well, from the introduction: “[i]n the absence of any higher level policy, all UAS currently used by UK armed forces have been procured or leased under the...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 25, 2011 | China, Contracts - Intent, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - General, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pre-RFP
* USAF delays the release of its CVLSP draft RFP, a platform meant to replace its fleet of 62 UH-1Ns with up to 93 helicopters. * The US Army transferred the buying office in charge of the Information Technologies Enterprise Solutions-3 Hardware (ITES-3H) competition...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2011 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Policy - Procurement
* Update: The US Senate rejects the continuing resolution bill that the House of Representatives had voted for last night to keep funding the federal government until November 18. It was clear Democrats in the Senate didn’t like the bill and a government...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 21, 2011 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, T&C - Microsoft
* Harris Corporation opens a 573,000 square-foot plant in Henrietta near Rochester, NY in to consolidate production of tactical radios and other communication systems. About 1,100 people will work there. * DFARS clarification: a Contracting Officer’s...
