by Joe Katzman | Jul 5, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Iraq, L3 Communications, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
IqAF C-208B(click to view full) June 29/11: The US DSCA announces [PDF] Iraq’s formal request to buy follow-on support and maintenance for “multiple aircraft systems” that include its Cessna TC-208 trainers and armed AC-208s, Cessna 172s; and...
by [email protected] | Jul 5, 2011 | Airbus, Alliances, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Israel, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Policy - Doctrine, Projections & Assessments, Russia, USA
* The US Congressional Budget Office warns that the DoD’s budget plans are too optimistic. The Long Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program [PDF] expects DoD annual costs to be $25 billion higher by 2016. * Russia hopes to sell $11 billion...
by [email protected] | Jul 2, 2011 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Indonesia, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Polar Regions, Projections & Assessments, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s first message to DoD staff emphasizes the importance of discipline in the management of taxpayer resources. This will underpin the DoD’s commitment to preserving the ‘excellence and superiority’ of the...
by [email protected] | Jul 1, 2011 | Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Corporation, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Oshkosh, Outer Space, People, RFPs, Russia, Submarines, Thales, Think Tanks, University-related, USA
* Oshkosh becomes the latest target of activist investors, after Carl Icahn declares that he owns 9.5% of the armored truck maker. * Brown University releases a report on the costs of the United States’ wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. The Costs of Wars...
