by Editorial Staff | Apr 19, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Pre-RFP, Russia, Soldier's Gear
* Michael Flynn, the Director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, submitted his annual threat assessment [PDF] to the Senate Armed Services Committee. * Australia’s Department of Defence contracted Telstra for telecommunications services worth $1.1B over 6...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 18, 2013 | Germany, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Tanks & Mechanized
Leopard 2A7+(click to view full) In July 2012, Qatar’s government announced their interest in purchasing up to 200 Leopard 2A7 heavy tanks from Germany. The tanks would more than replace Qatar’s existing set of 30-40 French AMX-30 medium tanks, which are a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 18, 2013 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Robots, USA
MTRS: TALON IV(click to view full) In 2005 children’s toys were being used by American soldiers on the front lines, to help them look for roadside bombs. It would appear that someone took notice, because there has since been a flurry of activity on the robotic...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 18, 2013 | Africa - Other, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Japan, Logistics, Textron, USA
* The Pentagon’s Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) has opened applications to its Acquisition Exchange Program (AEP) which opens up 3-12 months assignments at the GS-11+ level that span a number of DoD-wide acquisition policy issues such as...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 17, 2013 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Spotlight articles, USA
Gripen & S-1000/S340(click to view full) It’s a small, agile fighter that can take off and land on highways, while carrying the latest technologies and weapons. It does very well against NATO’s best aircraft in exercises, comes with a reasonable price...
