by Editorial Staff | Sep 19, 2013 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Germany, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, USA
* Conflict between rebel factions in Syria is breaking out. * Roll Call offers a likely scenario for how the back-and-forth between the US House of Representatives and the Senate may unfold in the weeks to come in a way that averts a government shutdown while allowing...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 18, 2013 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA
Goo goo g’joob!By John MacNeill The Walrus heavy-transport blimp (“heavy” as in “1-2 million pounds”) was among a range of projects on the drawing board in the mid ’00s. It offered the potential for a faster and more versatile...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 18, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Science - Basic Research, Singapore, USA
* The Pentagon’s Inspector General released a report [PDF] on the US Navy’s commercial access control (NCACS / Rapidgate). This system will come under heavy scrutiny in the wake of the killing of a dozen people last Monday at the Washington Navy Yard....
by Joe Katzman | Sep 17, 2013 | Contracts - Intent, France, MBDA, Singapore
SAMP/T Aster-30(click to view full) Singapore’s Minister for Defence Dr. Ng Eng Hen has confirmed that they’ve picked MBDA’s SAMP/T Aster-30 missile system as their upper-tier air defense system on land. Singapore already uses the missiles at sea,...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia - Central, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Air, Japan, Legal, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Singapore, Textron, Think Tanks, USA
* Acting US Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning restated that his department’s three big acquisition priorities are the F-35, the KC-46 and a future bomber. Meanwhile, “single mission fleets”, such as A-10s or KC-10s, will be the likely targets of cuts....
