by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Corporate Financials, Events, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Other, USA
Hawaii Superferry(click to view full) In his April 6/09 discussion of the FY 2010 budget, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said that the US military wanted to charter another 2 “JHSV-like” fast catamaran ships from 2009-2011, until the JHSV ships begin...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Middle East - Other, RFPs, Rumours, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* The US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee quickly approved – behind closed doors – its markup for the FY13 funding bill. Today the Armed Services Committee is starting longer, more difficult discussions, but they will happen in the open . More...
by Editorial Staff | May 8, 2012 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Official Reports, Polar Regions, Russia, Think Tanks, USA
* The US House Budget Committee approved a bill to roll back sequestration through reconciliation and instead offers cuts focused on welfare programs. Getting the Heritage Foundation’s seal of approval was a foregone conclusion, but what is missing is a roadmap...
by Joe Katzman | May 7, 2012 | Canada, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Support & Maintenance, Trucks & Transport
MSVS MilCOTS 7400(click to view full) Just before Canada Day 2006, Canada’s minority Conservative Party government outlined a C$ 1.2 billion (USD $1 billion) RFP for new medium-sized logistics trucks and associated equipment. These Medium Support Vehicle System...
by Editorial Staff | May 7, 2012 | Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* New think tank papers on Asian security in China’s lengthening shadow: China and Iran [RAND], Defending the Philippines [CNAS, PDF]. * The Washington Times looks at the size of the Pentagon’s civilian workforce which seems to move only in one direction....
