by Joe Katzman | Jun 13, 2013 | Airbus, Blimps & LTA Craft, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, USA
* The Pentagon sends out a memo [PDF] reminding DoD employees and DoD contractors that they’re not to look at any still-classified documents, even if they’re posted in the public domain, broadcast widely by media sources, and made available to the rest of...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2013 | Africa - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, Events, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Intelligence & PsyOps, Israel, Middle East - Other, Russia, Sharpen yourself, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
* We know that many readers are preparing for the 50th Paris Air Show next week. Here’s a recent BusinessWeek article describing the 5 best travel apps for your phone. To which we’d add: Expensify. For your mandatory contingency planning, we recommend...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
In June 2013, the US Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD issued a 5-year multiple-award contract worth up to $7 billion. Winners will compete for task orders to support the Army’s Software Engineering Center with development and systems...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Events, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, Scandals & Investigations, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., T&C - Booz Allen, USA
* Glen Greenwald’s 1-2 punch scoop publicizing blanket capture of Verizon phone records, and the NSA’s Prism program to collect data from customers of American technology firms, has a 3rd shot: his source, Edward Snowden, stepped forward voluntarily. After...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Intent, ECM, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Radars, USA
RTAF F-16A(click to view full) As Thailand invests in its future air force, which includes 4+ generation JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighters and S340 AEW air control planes, it still needs to pay attention to its 18-plane supporting fleet of 1980s-era F-16A/B Block 15s. A...
