by Editorial Staff | Dec 10, 2013 | Africa - Other, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Logistics, Northrop-Grumman, Polar Regions, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Looking for More Leonards * In the wake of the Glenn Defense Marine Asia investigation, US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus ordered [PDF] a review of the service’s acquisition of all port services contracts worldwide. * Northrop Grumman paid $11.4M to settle...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 9, 2013 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Middle East - Other, South Korea, USA
Questions Without Easy Answers * To grow exports, should US manufacturers stick with offsets or consider genuine work shares? The fear is to eventually spawn competitors rather than partners. * Have restrictive US Rules of Engagement contributed to a long-standing...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 4, 2013 | Conferences & Events, Logistics, Procurement Innovations, USA
DLA: It’s a Blast! This week DID’s Olivier Travers is attending WBR’s 2013 Defense Logistics event. Email me if you’d like to meet up or submit logistics themes for us to look into. Vice Admiral Mark Harnitchek has been heading the Defense...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 3, 2013 | Conferences & Events, Industry & Trends, Logistics, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbLrIfA_sU]Aerial resupply, the hard wayclick to play video DID will cover WBR’s Defense Logistics conference on Dec. 3-5 in Alexandria, VA. The following entry gives a quick sense of the massive scale of US military...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 27, 2013 | Americas - Other, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Heavy Bombers, Issues - International, Japan, Legal, Lockheed Martin, RFPs, Russia, South Korea, USA
Replacing M113 Armored Personnel Carriers * The US Army released its finalized RFP to acquire Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) to be used for a variety of support roles, from medical treatment and evacuation, to mission command and other functions. They expect...
