by Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Outer Space, Policy - Doctrine, USA
* US Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] told Fox News that department-specific continuing resolutions, starting with defense, should be considered by Congress to avoid a complete government shutdown, if it comes to that. Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK] thinks the effort to defund...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2013 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, France, Japan, Launch Vehicles, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, USA
* The Pentagon is brushing up on its shutdown plans as there is less than 2 weeks to go before the US federal government potentially legislates itself out of money. Meanwhile the defense authorization bill won’t even be brought to the Senate floor before...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 19, 2013 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, USA
* Conflict between rebel factions in Syria is breaking out. * Roll Call offers a likely scenario for how the back-and-forth between the US House of Representatives and the Senate may unfold in the weeks to come in a way that averts a government shutdown while allowing...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 18, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Science - Basic Research, Singapore, USA
* The Pentagon’s Inspector General released a report [PDF] on the US Navy’s commercial access control (NCACS / Rapidgate). This system will come under heavy scrutiny in the wake of the killing of a dozen people last Monday at the Washington Navy Yard....
by Editorial Staff | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia - Central, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Air, Japan, Legal, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Singapore, Textron, Think Tanks, USA
* Acting US Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning restated that his department’s three big acquisition priorities are the F-35, the KC-46 and a future bomber. Meanwhile, “single mission fleets”, such as A-10s or KC-10s, will be the likely targets of cuts....
