by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Tanks & Mechanized, Testing & Evaluation, Textron, USA
M1117 @ Yaqubi.AF(click to view full) The M1117 armored car is already in use in Afghanistan, with the US Army (esp. Military Police) and with Bulgarian forces. Its combined .50 cal/ 40mm grenade turret offers more firepower than a Humvee, and its shape and...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 7, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, UAVs, USA
* The US Air Force would like more flexibility in the payment of future fixed-priced development contracts and multiyear procurements, reports AviationWeek. In other words, the benefits of commitment without really committing. It seems likely that such flexibility...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 6, 2013 | Africa - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Germany, India, Industry & Trends, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, Turkey
* The US House of Representatives will vote on HR 933 today, a bill which would fund DoD through the end of the current fiscal year. The White House implies [PDF] that it will likely get signed. * The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee is holding...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 5, 2013 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Germany, India, Leadership & People, Logistics, USA
* Chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee Hal Rogers [R-KY] introduced a bill yesterday that mixes appropriations for the departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs with an extended Continuing Resolution for other federal agencies...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 4, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, Israel, Japan, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Turkey, UAVs, USA
* The US Army will continue to adjust its forces in Germany and Italy in the next three years, with some units to be deactivated or return to the US. The US will still have more than 50,000 troops in these two countries 70 years after the end of WWII. * The US...
