by Joe Katzman | Mar 1, 2012 | After-Action Reviews, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Latest updates: 25mm ammo handling systems. AC-130U & flares(click to view full) In 2006 GD was contracted to repackage A-10 ammo for AC-130 Gunships. As is so often the case, there’s a story behind the story. The USA’s fearsome AC-130U...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 1, 2012 | Alliances, Budgets, Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Environmental, Fighters & Attack, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research, Think Tanks, USA
* US SecDef Panetta told the House Budget Committee in a hearing yesterday that he would start planning for sequestration this summer if Congress has not reached a deal by then. It is likely he will have to, and that is not even factoring in new debates over the debt...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 29, 2012 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Legal, Lockheed Martin, USA
* The US Air Force is setting aside its Afghanistan Light Air Support contract to Sierra Nevada before the litigation initiated by Hawker Beechcraft even completes its course: “Since the acquisition is still in litigation, I can only say that the Air Force...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2012 | Asia - Central, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions
* No less than four congressional hearings are scheduled today to review the FY13 Pentagon budget. See our full schedule. Opposition to base closures continues with this letter [PDF] written by Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and co-signed by 41 other members of Congress....
by Editorial Staff | Feb 27, 2012 | Alliances, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Fuel & Power, Guns - under 20mm direct, India, Israel, Middle East - Other, Procurement Innovations
* Israel Aerospace Industries inks a $1.6B deal with Azerbaijan involving UAVs and missile defense systems. * The French DGA procurement agency released its 2011 activity report [PDF, in French]. Urgent operational purchase requests vastly decreased to just 20 million...
