by Editorial Staff | Jul 30, 2013 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Forces - Naval, India, Industry & Trends, R&D - Private, Russia, USA
* Civilian US DoD employees may end up facing 6 to 8 days of furlough by the end of the current fiscal year, rather than 11, according to the AP. * Pending appropriate funding, the Philippines will relocate air force and navy assets to Subic Bay to get closer to...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 29, 2013 | Coastal & Littoral, Design Innovations, Forces - Special Ops, New Systems Tech, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Small Business, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA
M-Ship Stiletto(click to view full) With the formal roll-out of the 88-foot Stiletto stealth ship and its cutting-edge “M-Hull” wave-damping design on Jan 31/06, the late Vice-Admiral Cebrowski’s legacy of advocating “the small, the fast and...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 29, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Domestic Security, Food-related, France, Germany, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Legal, Lobbying, Logistics, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The roll call that defeated the Amash-Conyers amendment to the FY14 House Appropriations bill was close enough that several congressmen have since the reiterated their support for or opposition against attempts to limit the NSA’s phone data gathering. It seems...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2013 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Engineering Vehicles, Force Structure, General Dynamics, Iraq, Other Equipment - Land, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, USA
M88 and M1(click to view full) It takes more than tanks to make up an armored division. Iraq’s purchases of M1 Abrams tanks has attracted a lot of attention, and SIGIR reports of a deal for M2/M3 Bradley fighting vehicles were noteworthy. But Iraq’s DSCA...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2013 | Avionics, Contracts - Intent, Helicopters & Rotary, Iraq, Sensors & Guidance, Signals Radio & Wireless, Textron, USA
IqAF Huey-II(click to view full) In July 2013, the US DSCA announced Iraq’s request to buy of 12 Bell 412EP helicopters for search and rescue duties. This exact type is new to Iraq, but they do have something similar. A 2005 Jordanian donation of 16 UH-1Hs were...
