by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2012 | Americas - Other, Events, Northrop-Grumman, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
“Need a tow?”(click to view full) Problems with USS New York [LPD 21] reportedly have the US Navy scrutinizing every ship built in the class’ 2 shipyards. Unfortunately, it’s just the latest installment in a long string of basic workmanship...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2012 | Asia - Other, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Legal, Russia, United Technologies
* President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act (H.R. 5872), a bill that compels his administration to submit to Congress a detailed report on sequestration within the next 30 days. * Pratt & Whitney Canada may have settled with the US Department of...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 7, 2012 | Daily Rapid Fire, Legal, Materials Innovations, UAVs, USA
* The White House picked Rear Admiral James Syring to replace Army Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly as the head of the Missile Defense Agency. A few weeks ago a report from the Pentagon’s inspector general described O’Reilly as an irascible...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 6, 2012 | Asia - Central, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Logistics Innovations, Middle East - Other, Russia, UAVs, USA, UUVs & USVs
* India’s Ministry of Defence announced last week that it was easing offset rules, confirming earlier reports that Transfer of technology (ToT) would be made eligible for offsets. The policy is effective since August 1 and a new office – the Defense Offset...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 3, 2012 | Britain/U.K., China, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Mines & Countermine-IED, USA
* Given the high number of Chinese military aircraft that have not been produced several years after first exhibiting models, Richard Fisher, Jr. from the International Assessment and Strategy Center thinks [PDF] the vaporware label is often – though not always...
