by Joe Katzman | Feb 20, 2013 | Boeing, Contracts - Intent, Lockheed Martin, Power Projection, Transport & Utility, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
UAE C-17: 1st delivery(click to view full) The biggest news from the 2009 IDEX exhibition was the UAE’s twin selections of medium (12 Lockheed C-130J) and heavy (4 Boeing C-17) transport aircraft. Estimates at the time placed the total value at AED 10.7 billion...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 20, 2013 | BAE, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, USA
* The pre-sequester bad news are now coming full bore: Defense Department set to announce furlough plan (Stars & Stripes) | Navy’s budget plan: No Bataan deployment, fewer jets (Virginian-Pilot) | BAE could layoff 1,368 workers (San Diego Union-Tribune)....
by Editorial Staff | Feb 19, 2013 | Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, General Atomics, India, Middle East - Other, Scandals & Investigations, UAVs, USA
* The United Arab Emirates announced $1.4B worth of contracts with Oshkosh ($380M for 750 M-ATVs), General Atomics (near $200M for an unspecified quantity of unmanned Predator UAVs), and others. Talks about the purchase of defanged “Predator XPs” (XP for...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 18, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, India, Issues - Political, Nuclear Weapons, Scandals & Investigations, South Korea, UAVs, USA
* Gordon Adams, a budget staffer during the Clinton administration, is convinced the Pentagon has plenty of room for backoffice cuts, but thinks the recent announcements are driven by pressure politics: “[DoD and the services] decided to go forward with the most...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 15, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Industry & Trends, Scandals & Investigations, Tanks & Mechanized
Ravin’ about Ravens Democrats fell short by one vote to overcome a Republican filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense. Filibusters of cabinet appointees are few and far between, especially when the nominee is from your own party,...
