by Joe Katzman | Mar 23, 2012 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Canada, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, European Union (EU), New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Polar Regions, Specialty Aircraft, USA, UUVs & USVs
* The US Navy’s MZ-3A military research airship is about to get another year’s lease on life, as an Army test bed. With LEMV coming along, that’s probably a good idea. * The GAO says US Army payroll is a mess – not the kind where you get to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 22, 2012 | Airbus, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, GPS Infrastructure, India, Launch Vehicles, Official Reports, Specialty Aircraft, T&C - SAIC, UAVs
* The GAO published its latest report on the Pentagon’s space acquisitions.They recognize some areas of progress but they also think there is still “an array of challenges” to confront. * The Pentagon is still working on spelling out its cyber...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 21, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Medical, Other Corporation, Policy - Personnel, USA
Latest updates: Humana for the South, UnitedHealth for the West. TL: over $40 billion. In July 2009, the US Department of Defense’s TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), which provides health care coverage to 9.4 million active duty military family members,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2012 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, IAI, Israel, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Surface-Air, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Radars, RAFAEL, Rosoboronexport, USA
POPRAD/ GROM(click to view full) In March 2012, Peru announced the winner of its competition to upgrade its air defenses. The country’s air defense needs are most sharply focused on the relatively narrow border with Chile, but the country does have borders with...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2012 | Asia - Other, Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Small Business, USA
* In advance of a more thorough review, the GAO(Government Accountability Office) published a report listing the various ways the JSF program is late and over budget: “Cost overruns on the first four annual procurement contracts total more than $1 billion and...
