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...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, Russia, Think Tanks, USA
From the the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute (SSI): can Russia reform its economy and security apparatus? Recurring instability in Russia and elsewhere on Europe’s fringes is one reason why the Heritage Foundation is against removing...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2012 | Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Cessna 208B:note ISR turret(click to view full) In June 2012, Cessna Aircraft Co. in Wichita, KS received a $12.4 million (face value) firm-fixed-price contract to purchase 4 C-208B Caravan aircraft for the Special Defense Acquisition Fund inventory, as well as...
