by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2013 | Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Simulation & Training, USA
USA * Christine Fox will succeed Ashton Carter as the USA’s Deputy Defense Secretary. The acting DDS is a budget specialist who was part of a recent management review, and has served as president of the federally funded R&D Center for Naval Analyses. * After...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 3, 2013 | Conferences & Events, Industry & Trends, Logistics, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbLrIfA_sU]Aerial resupply, the hard wayclick to play video DID will cover WBR’s Defense Logistics conference on Dec. 3-5 in Alexandria, VA. The following entry gives a quick sense of the massive scale of US military...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 3, 2013 | Africa - Other, China, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Japan, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Saudi Arabia, USA
Middle East * Iran’s Condor Legion, Hezbollah, has been fighting and even running large sections of Assad’s war in Syria for some months now. With the USA on the sidelines and ineffective, the Gulf Arab states are reportedly recruiting a Sunni counterforce...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2013 | Airbus, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Events, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Japan, Launch Vehicles, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, RFPs, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, UAVs, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA, Warfare - Lessons
Plan B: We just call Mel Gibson… * The Scottish Government has put forward its proposed plans for independence, including details its foreign relations and defense plans. Since then, Thin Pinstriped Line has been methodically backing up its claim that the SDF...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 1, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Events, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Project Failures, Scandals & Investigations, Spotlight articles
SH-2G: rocky shoals(click to view full) One country’s disaster can be another country’s good fortune. After Australia’s bargain-hunting naval helicopter program had turned into a A$ 100 million per helicopter upgrade nightmare, they had some...
