by Editorial Staff | Apr 5, 2012 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Japan, Middle East - Other, Russia, Think Tanks, USA
* The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) put together a convenient chart [PPT] that compares major contract types – FPAF, CPIF, T&M et. al. – to show what risks they intend to mitigate, when they should be used, their main elements, what they commit...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 4, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Fuel & Power, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, T&C - Microsoft, USA
* Pentagon Energy use data from a recent Congressional testimony [PDF] by Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs: “For FY13, DoD anticipates spending over $16 billion on energy for military operations, which will...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 3, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, India, USA
* Daniel Goure at the Lexington Institute challenges the value of the “should cost” procurement methodology pushed by Undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter. He calls it “new” but finds it “rather traditional in nature”. Well,...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 2, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, France, India, Official Reports, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* The US Department of Defense released its latest Selected Acquisition Report (SAR – PDF). SARs track cost, schedule and performance changes for 83 Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) amounting to a total of 1.6 trillion dollars in spending. 3 programs...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Radars, Raytheon, USA
* The US Army will host [PDF] an industry day on April 24 in Sterling Heights, MI, to present its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program, a potential replacement for M113s with the goal of being both more survivable and more mobile. This one started in FY10 but...
