by Editorial Staff | Dec 1, 2011 | Alliances, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Russia, Soldier's Gear, USA
* Mike McCord, principal US under secretary of defense (Comptroller), and Vice Admiral Mark Skinner, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both told reporters that the FY13 budget that DoD, the services and OMD are working on will not...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 30, 2011 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, USA
Too Hot to Handle?(click to view full) Most people think “defense procurement” and think “weapons,” but the truth is that infrastructure and associated services consumes at least as much money. In December 2007 (FY 2008), the Defense Supply...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 30, 2011 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Logistics Innovations, Middle East - Other, Public Partnering
* The US Senate unanimously approved the Combating Military Counterfeits Act (S 1228) as an amendment to the FY12 Appropriations bill. It involves criminal penalties and is part of a broader effort to tighten the military supply chain after the revelation that suspect...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 29, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other, USA
Latest updates: Re-competes lead to a winner other than Maersk. USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak(click to view full) The USA’s Maritime Prepositioning Ships serve as vast, floating stocks of equipment, ammunition, and supplies that can be sailed into friendly ports to meet...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 29, 2011 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, France, GE, India, Legal, Logistics Innovations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation
* Still no progress in India’s long negotiations with France’s SNECMA, to develop a Kaveri jet engine successor as an alternate engine for India’s Tejas LCA Mk.2 fighter. GE’s F404 equips the Mk.1 variant, and their F414 has been picked for...
