by Editorial Staff | Oct 17, 2013 | Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, Japan, Lockheed Martin, South Korea, USA
Shutdown Shut Down * Having failed to come up with a bill of their own yesterday, House Republicans were left with little choice but to capitulate to the very sort of Senate bill they were adamant to avoid. The Continuing Appropriations Act (HR 2775) first sailed...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 16, 2013 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Russia, UAVs, USA
US Shutdown Watch * House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner [R-OH] failed to rally Republicans to back what was supposed to be an alternative to the stopgap fiscal bill being discussed in the Senate. This weakens the hand of House GOP lawmakers objecting to the...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Japan, Logistics Innovations, Middle East - Other, Mines & Countermine-IED, USA
Shutdown Watch * US Senate leaders are saying they are close to reaching a deal to put an end to the government shutdown and raise the debt limit. This would get another round of talks started until early 2014, and would revisit sequestration constraints. The Senate...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Surface-Air, Thales
STARStreak In 2009, Britain was looking to cut the number of STARStreak portable air defense missiles in stock, even as it signed a through-life support contract that would last until 2020-2021. In 2013, they changed course, buying another 200 missiles in order to...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 14, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, IAI, Israel, Issues - International, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Radars, RAFAEL
Super Dvora Mk.III(click to view full) Israel isn’t the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of naval exporters, but it has enjoyed success in one limited field: patrol craft. Its Dvora family, whose largest Mk.III boats are 90 feet long and just...
