by Fred Donovan | May 4, 2011 | Airbus, Alliances, Ammunition, ATK, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Fuel & Power, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, R&D - Private, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Soldier's Gear, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Boeing charged the US Army $13 million more than the “fair and reasonable” price for 18 parts, the DoD Inspector General concludes [PDF]; so far, Boeing has refunded $1.6 million. * House Armed Services Committee panels release details of FY 2012...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2011 | Asia - Other, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, USA, WMD Proliferation
Through the Co-operative Threat Reduction program, the Department of Defense provides equipment, services, and technical advice to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to assist them in eliminating (or in the case of Russia, reducing) the weapons of mass...
by Fred Donovan | May 3, 2011 | ABM, Alliances, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Intelligence & PsyOps, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, USA
* US, Romania agree to install European missile defense system site at Deveselu Air Base, about 145 miles west of Bucharest, Romania. * Biometrics played role in Osama bin Laden identification, says White House counterterrorism adviser; DoD provides background...
by Joe Katzman | May 3, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Coastal & Littoral, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Intelligence & PsyOps, Iraq, IT - General, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Tanks & Mechanized, Training & Exercises, USA
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
by Joe Katzman | May 3, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, Iraq, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
May 3/11: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announces [PDF] Iraq’s official request for various radios and communication equipment to equip its Federal Police Force, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and support. Harris Corporation in...
