* Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will export more than $14B worth of arms in 2012. Their military sales doubled to $10B from 2005 to 2010, but while growth continued to be steady in past years it is now slowing down, as new orders in 2012 amounted...
* The US DOD’s Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) released the 2012 update to the DEPPS dataset [PDF] projecting defense purchases by state and industry for 2011-2017 (calendar years). These expenditure estimates reflect the FYDP(Future...
RFA Gold Rover(click to view full) The UK Ministry of Defence’s concerted effort to reform its defense support operations continues. Overall, “future contracting for availability,” rather than paying for parts and labor hours, remains the overall...
* With Susan Rice out of the picture as the USA’s next Secretary of State, John Kerry is the top contender for that spot, which reportedly makes Chuck Hagel the Administration’s top pick for Secretary of Defense. * Buck McKeon [R-CA], the Chairman of the...
Boeing contractor, Iraq:ScanEagle returns(click to view full) At the end of February 2012, the US Navy moved to diversify its sources of contracted UAV services. Boeing’s ScanEagle has performed that role since 2004, providing a complete turnkey service for the...
