by Editorial Staff | Apr 15, 2013 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Indonesia, Industry & Trends, Policy - Doctrine, Turkey, USA
* A down market leads not just to consolidation, but also to spinoffs and divestures. Bloomberg. * House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon [R-CA] has been told by the Pentagon that their reprogramming request, allowed by the FY13 appropriations bill, is...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 14, 2013 | Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, India, Rumours, Surface Ships - Other
RFA Largs Bay(click to view full) The fate of a nearly-new British amphibious support ship, RFA Largs Bay, was all about timing. Britain commissioned 4 of the 176m long, 16,200t Bay Class LSD amphibious ships to renew a very run-down capability. The new...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 12, 2013 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, India, Israel, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Think Tanks
* Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) published its 5-year strategic plan [PDF]. Let it be known that the US DoD has not been the sole issuer of “read it if you really must” briefings this week. The DSTO ode to itself...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2013 | Americas - Other, Fighters & Attack
Super Tucano(click to view full) Embraer’s EMB 314/ A-29 Super Tucano has become the world’s leading counter-insurgency aircraft, securing customers across Latin America and into Africa and Asia. Now Guatemala looks set to join Embraer’s customer...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2013 | Africa - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, Russia, USA
* Hearings on the FY14 US defense budget at the US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) begin, starting with the Secretary of Defense with the service chiefs coming in days ahead. * One item discussed in this morning’s HASC hearing with Chuck Hagel is the large...
