by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* The Pentagon’s 2013-2042 annual aviation inventory and funding plan is available via Bloomberg, in a context of aging aircraft. It says 5th generation assets will go from 7% of the current force of manned fighter aircraft to about 25% by FY 2022 based on a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 10, 2012 | Asia - Other, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Surface Ships - Combat
Fearless-75(click to view full) ST Kinetics subsidiary Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd. has won a EUR 534.8 million (about USD $700 million) competitive contract from the Ministry of Defence of the Sultanate of Oman, to bolster that country’s inshore and...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2012 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Japan, Legal, Raytheon, USA
* Concerns about China’s ability to disrupt electronics and defense manufacturing by withholding rare earth materials are blowing over thanks to a ramp up in domestic production. See also this CRS report [PDF]. * The US closed its military bases in the...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 9, 2012 | Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Leadership & People, Medical, Mines & Countermine-IED, Policy - Doctrine, Procurement Innovations, Think Tanks, USA
* The US Navy said it would start releasing emergency funds today to start compensating the households whose property was destroyed in an F/A-18 crash on Friday in Virginia Beach. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt: “about as close as you can get to a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2012 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Avionics, BAE, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Events, Fighters & Attack, France, GE, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Official Reports, Radars, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA
* US Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency since November 2011, published his revised 2012 guidance [PDF] that conveniently highlights where the changes are. Among them, improved support for reset and force drawdown processes in...
