by Editorial Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Russia, T&C - SAIC
* Post-spinoff SAIC announced FY2013 revenue down 14% to $4B, confirming the generally depressed state of defense services. * Pursuing a more thorough overturn of sequestration beyond FY15 is again on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s agenda. * The...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, India, Russia
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote with a straight face: “It’s not Russia that is destabilising Ukraine.” The Russians even go as far as saying that removing their stooges from Ukrainian government buildings could lead to a civil war. *...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 7, 2014 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, T&C - Microsoft, USA
* Pro-Russian operators have seized Ukrainian government buildings in 3 eastern cities, including Kharkiv where Spectechnoexport has a military vehicle plant. Separatists in Donetsk declared independence and announced a referendum on May 11, right when pro-Russian...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 4, 2014 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Israel, Launch Facilities, Policy - Doctrine, Satellites & Sensors, South Korea, UAVs
* Exelis is spinning off another of its parts by letting loose its services business. The Corporate Name Generator spat out “Vectrus” for the spinoff out of the words vector and trust, which the new company will probably change in two years when...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2014 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Russia, Think Tanks, USA
* The US government is reportedly considering giving (or selling?) 160 MaxxPro leftover MRAPs to Pakistan. This would be a curious outcome, given how much Pakistan got in the way of affordable exit logistics during the past several years, leading to the scrapping of...
