by Editorial Staff | Sep 22, 2014 | Boeing, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Iraq, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, T&C - SAIC, USA
* A Belgian newspaper reported over the weekend that Belgium’s federal prosecutor had foiled several terrorist attacks in past months that had been planned by jihadists coming back from Syria. Another report, from the Het Laatste Nieuws tabloid, alleged that...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 19, 2014 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, France, Iraq, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Legal, Middle East - Other, Procurement Innovations, Russia
* US Defense Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall previewed [CSIS] this morning the 3rd version of the Better Buying Power set of regulations and guidelines. Kendall wants to maintain American technical superiority in combination with the cost consciousness...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 18, 2014 | Australia & S. Pacific, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, IT - Cyber-Security, Logistics, Russia, USA
* The US Senate Armed Services Committee released a redacted report [PDF] on repeated Chinese intrusions into US military logistical systems: “Hackers associated with the Chinese government successfully penetrated the computer systems of U.S. Transportation...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 17, 2014 | Airbus, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Medical, USA
* Airbus outlined the shape of its future defense and space business, with several subsidiaries and participations officially on the block. This includes the Atlas Elektronik joint venture with Thyssen-Krupp. The two partners are to start talks though it’s...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 16, 2014 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Financial & Accounting, France, Iraq, Medical, Middle East - Other, Russia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
* The US is going to send [White House] about 3,000 military personnel to Liberia and neighboring countries in order to coordinate international efforts to contain an Ebola outburst [CDC] that has been getting worse [CBC News] in the past few days. Just hours earlier...
