by Editorial Staff | Aug 9, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, BAE, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, USA, WMD Defenses
* Al Qaeda’s resurgence in Iraq has contributed to a serious increase in casualties, with more than 1,000 deaths – most of them civilian – last month alone. * The Economist, on AQ: “In May Mr Obama spoke of the ‘war on terror’...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 8, 2013 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, People, Pre-RFP, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* US Defense Acquisition Undersecretary Frank Kendall issued a memo [PDF] on should cost management giving some flexibility to the services to provide them an incentive to pursue savings: “Components will continue to baseline acquisition budgets using will cost...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2013 | After-Action Reviews, BAE, Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Events, Force Structure, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport
LAV-III: stuck(click to view larger) In late November 2008, Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) announced its intention to combine 3 programs into one general set of upgrades to its armored vehicle fleets. The C$ 5 billion meta-program would include:...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 7, 2013 | Asia - Other, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Rumours, South Korea, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, Turkey, USA
* Furloughs for civilian employees at the Pentagon have been further reduced to 6 days for the fiscal year ending on September 30, down from 11. On the one hand, that’s good news for these employees. On the other hand, these several downward revisions from an...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 6, 2013 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Middle East - Other, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility
A330-MRTT: UAE concept(click to view full) In February 2007 the UAE announced its selection of the EADS A330 MRTT as its next-generation aerial tanker, with secondary transport capabilities. In this industry, however, contracts can take a while to materialize. It took...
