by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2011 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, France, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat
FS Foudre(click to view full) When 2010 British budget cuts forced the Royal Navy to sell RFA Largs Bay just a few years into its service life, Chile’s need to deliver disaster relief from the sea made them one of the reported bidders. Largs Bay ended up heading...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Field Innovations, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Lobbying, Missiles - Ballistic, Russia, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Don’t mind me, I’m just the user. Driven mostly by political pressure, defense offsets have grown to 130 countries for an estimated $100B/year. * Russia is likely to continue renewing its aging materiel, at least if oil prices remain high and Putin gets,...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Russia, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility
* As expected, Egypt picks Lockheed Martin’s Sniper targeting pods to equip its new F-16s. Even as the words “targeting” and “Egypt” seems to refer more often to its Copt Christians. * US Army Top 2010 Inventions: infrared illuminating...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Finmeccanica, IT - Software & Integration, Support Functions - Other, USA
FBCB2 in HMMWV, Iraq(click to view full) Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Tactical Systems, Inc. in Melbourne, FL recently received a $248.3 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 11, 2011 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Lobbying, Official Reports, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) reviewed its single-source contracts which account for about 40% of its total procurement. While sole sourcing often does make sense, MOD hopes to get standardized cost data from contractors to increase transparency within...
