by Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 2013 | Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Naval, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Pre-RFP, Russia, United Technologies, USA
Unfunded US Shipbuilding * The Congressional Budget Office’s report [PDF] on the the Navy’s 2014-43 shipbuilding plan [PDF] notes that it is slightly less money-hungry than the previous year’s 30-year plan, but the plan remains about “one-third...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 22, 2013 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Oceans - International, Policy - Doctrine, Soldier's Gear, Submarines, USA
US Budgeteers to Face Tough Calls * US Army Secretary John McHugh told attendees of the AUSA annual meeting that GCV and networking count among the service’s priorities, but given the current budget trajectory, some programs will have to be delayed by 4 years or...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 21, 2013 | Chemical Weapons, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Pre-RFP, South Korea
DARPA, DTRA Cranking Again * The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $965K contract to Lockheed Martin for a trade study covering “Phase 0” of the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW). Raytheon received what looks like a similar award a month...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 21, 2013 | DID site, Events
DID Editor Joe Katzman is on-site at AUSA 2013 in Washington, DC. I have a number of appointments already set up, but DID’s team are always interested in meeting our readers, and all of the faces we’d otherwise “see” only via emails. DID is...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Leadership & People, Legal, Logistics, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
Pentagon Back in Business * US Senator Kelly Ayotte [R-NH] lifted her hold on Deborah Lee James’ nomination [PDF] as Air Force Secretary, which now looks ready to be confirmed by the Senate at the end of the month. Ayotte had blocked James’ nomination last...
