by Editorial Staff | Jun 14, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Fuel & Power, Israel, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Russia, UAVs, USA
This one won’t run on algae juice Support for the US Navy’s alternative fuel initiatives may be wavering in Congress, but for now the DoN keeps going. The RIMPAC 2012 exercise coming up this summer will include a “Great Green Fleet”...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 13, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Leadership & People, USA
These Senators are too fast Though the hearing [PDF] happened at the end of March, Heidi Shyu’s senatorial confirmation as acquisition chief for the US Army is still on hold. Tom Coburn [R-OK] doesn’t like the Army’s handling of the M4 carbine...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 12, 2012 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Think Tanks
* Negotiations with Pakistan on supply routes to/from Afghanistan still appear stalled in what some call a widening rift. This benefits border towns with Tajikistan which of course offers little comfort. Joshua Foust of the American Security Project opines that the...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2012 | Ammunition, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Policeman, Sabari(click to view full) Readers may recall “AEY’s Ammunition: Ain’t An April Fools, Alas”, which detailed a $300 million contract to a Miami company, who delivered ammunition that was not up to standard and is charged with...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 11, 2012 | Daily Rapid Fire, France, India, Logistics Innovations, Procurement Innovations, USA
Presentations from the US DoD’s 2nd Product Support Manager (PSM) conference that took place last week can be found here (the 1st conference explained what a PSM is). A few highlights [PDF documents]: * Nick Guertin, Director for Transformation RDT&E in the...
