by Editorial Staff | May 6, 2013 | Budgets, Chemical Weapons, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, India, Israel, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, USA
* Operations and maintenance were the first to be hit by sequestration. Pentagon Comptroller Bob Dale told Defense News that the impact of sequestration on acquisition programs will be known soon, with some noticeable but not huge cuts in units ordered, and delays...
by Editorial Staff | May 3, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Northrop-Grumman, People, Think Tanks, USA
* Australia released its 2013 defence white paper [PDF] earlier today. The last one dates from 2009, and the government said it would publish updates at most 5 years apart because of the fast-changing environment in the Asia/Pacific region. They acknowledge the...
by Editorial Staff | May 2, 2013 | Africa - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, India, USA
* The Pentagon may send a request for sequestration flexibility to the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee next week, according to an anonymous House Republican aide quoted by Reuters. * CACI’s 3rd fiscal quarter (ending on March 31) saw a...
by Editorial Staff | May 1, 2013 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Logistics, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey told reporters it would have been “literally impossible” for the Department of Defense to integrate sequestration in its FY14 budget request. After all, the Budget Control Act was signed by the...
