by Editorial Staff | Jun 6, 2012 | Alliances, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, Japan, Logistics, Nuclear Weapons, Policy - Doctrine, USA
Salvageable? The bill to fix the USS Miami SSN after it caught fire last month could amount to $400M. Another fire was reported this morning but thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm. Mike Petters, President and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries answers a...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 5, 2012 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Legal, Rolls Royce, USA
Papa’s Got a Brand New Block USAF B-1B Lancers are getting a bunch of upgrades within Sustainment-Block 16 including MIDS LVT-1. This follows earlier hardware and software upgrades done in 2006/07. As NATO plans its withdrawal from Afghanistan – Pakistani...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 4, 2012 | Asia - Other, Budgets, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, GPS Infrastructure, India, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Satellites & Sensors, USA
* US SecDef Leon Panetta was in Cam Ranh Bay in southern Vietnam yesterday, an attractive deepwater spot where an American airbase used to be located, followed by a large Soviet naval base. Relationships between the US and Vietnam have been thawing for years (May 2012...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 1, 2012 | BAE, Daily Rapid Fire, Lockheed Martin, People, Robots, Soldier's Gear, USA
* The GAO reviewed efforts from the US Army and Marine Corps to determine what they will do in the future with their nonstandard (i.e. rapidly fielded) equipment. One question: what to do with MRAPs? * The GAO also looked at DoD’s long term maintenance contracts...
