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Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

by | Feb 1, 2010 | ABM, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, DARPA, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, IAI, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Rolls Royce, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA

* Taiwan prepares to order a $6.45 billion weapons package, sparks predictable diplomatic huffing. * The Pentagon plans to replace the official in charge of the F-35 JSF program and withhold $614 million in performance fees from Lockheed Martin for failing to meet key...
Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

EFSS: USMC Gets 3rd Leg of Expeditionary Fire Support Triad

by | Feb 1, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Expeditionary Warfare, France, General Dynamics, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA

EFSS Concept(click to view full) Major article upgrade, incl. recent ammo production launch. (Jan 31/11) The U.S. Marine Corps sees the 120mm Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) mortar as the 3rd leg of its triad of land-based fire support for expeditionary...
Rapid Fire 2010-02-02: JSF Woes

‘Battles are Decided by the Quartermasters’: US Army Modernizes Its Logistics

by | Feb 1, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC, Transformation, USA

Rommel understood logistics(German Federal Archives)(click to view full) The importance of logistics has long been recognized by generals. German Field Marshall Edwin Rommel once commented: “Battles are decided by the quartermasters before the first shot is...