by Editorial Staff | Dec 5, 2014 | Daily Rapid Fire, Engineering Vehicles, Germany, Iraq, IT - Cyber-Security, Logistics, Pre-RFP, Russia, USA
* According to the Korea Herald, South Korea’s 2015 defense budget has been finalized by parliament at 37.4 trillion won ($33.4B), a 4.9% increase slightly below what the ministry had asked. 11.1 trillion won ($9.9B) is allocated to procurement. US DoD...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 4, 2014 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Germany, India, Israel, Issues - International, Legal, Logistics Innovations, Pre-RFP, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, UAVs, USA
* DARPA is organizing a proposer’s day [FBO] on December 16 in Arlington, VA, to discuss the Target Recognition and Adaption in Contested Environment (TRACE), a program meant to “develop algorithms and techniques that rapidly and accurately identify...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 3, 2014 | Science - Basic Research, Think Tanks, USA
Hmm, I’ll research”Swarm Robotics” next Just before resigning, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel launched a “third offset” strategy whose purpose was to invite DoD and civilian resources to identify future technologies that would allow the...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 3, 2014 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, Iraq, IT - Cyber-Security, USA
* Engility CEO Anthony Smeraglinolo noted [Defense News] during a speech at the I/ITSEC tradeshow that the number of contractors active in the government services market had grown vastly beyond the market itself. * USMC General (Ret.) and NDIA chairman Arnold Punaro...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 2, 2014 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Russia, Turkey
* The two names on top of President Obama’s short list [AP] to succeed Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary were former Defense Undersecretary Ashton Carter and current Undersecretary Bob Work. Carter was clearly interested in the job when Hagel was selected instead...
