by Editorial Staff | Oct 21, 2013 | Chemical Weapons, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Pre-RFP, South Korea
DARPA, DTRA Cranking Again * The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $965K contract to Lockheed Martin for a trade study covering “Phase 0” of the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW). Raytheon received what looks like a similar award a month...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Leadership & People, Legal, Logistics, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
Pentagon Back in Business * US Senator Kelly Ayotte [R-NH] lifted her hold on Deborah Lee James’ nomination [PDF] as Air Force Secretary, which now looks ready to be confirmed by the Senate at the end of the month. Ayotte had blocked James’ nomination last...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 17, 2013 | Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, Japan, Lockheed Martin, South Korea, USA
Shutdown Shut Down * Having failed to come up with a bill of their own yesterday, House Republicans were left with little choice but to capitulate to the very sort of Senate bill they were adamant to avoid. The Continuing Appropriations Act (HR 2775) first sailed...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 16, 2013 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Russia, UAVs, USA
US Shutdown Watch * House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner [R-OH] failed to rally Republicans to back what was supposed to be an alternative to the stopgap fiscal bill being discussed in the Senate. This weakens the hand of House GOP lawmakers objecting to the...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Japan, Logistics Innovations, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, USA
Shutdown Watch * US Senate leaders are saying they are close to reaching a deal to put an end to the government shutdown and raise the debt limit. This would get another round of talks started until early 2014, and would revisit sequestration constraints. The Senate...
