by Editorial Staff | Jul 11, 2014 | Africa - Other, Boeing, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Heavy Bombers, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Russia, Think Tanks, UAVs, UUVs & USVs
* The US Air Force asked for proposals for its new LRS-B strategic bomber, on which it plans to spend [PDF] more than $900M during the coming fiscal year, and more than $3B/year by FY18. A memo from the Congressional Research Office explains that there’s...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 10, 2014 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, India, USA
* India’s new government introduced its 2014-15 budget with a focus on economic growth and public deficit reduction. Defense sees a 12% increase to Rs 2,29,000 crore (about $38.2B). The Indian press was surprised by finance (and defense) minister Arun...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 9, 2014 | Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Iraq, Israel, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Logistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Official Reports, Pre-RFP, USA
* The UK’s government released 2013 defense export numbers up 11% to £9.8B ($16.8B), thanks to helicopter sales to Norway and South Korea, ongoing Middle Eastern deals, and a still respectable billion pounds worth of orders from the US. The report shows the UK...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 8, 2014 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Industry & Trends, Israel, Medical, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* Bloomberg has seen the US Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, which finally acknowledges that it “requires funding at an unsustainable level” to deliver the number of new vessels in the plan. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 7, 2014 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Germany, Iraq, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Legal, Russia
* Last week Japan’s cabinet changed its constitutional interpretation of the country’s right to collective self-defense. Ryo Sahashi, a visiting professor at Stanford University, argues that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe still has much convincing to do in...
