by Editorial Staff | Feb 14, 2013 | Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* In the wake of Giuseppe Orsi’s arrest last Tuesday, Finmeccanica’s board appointed COO/CFO Alessandro Pansa as the company’s CEO. At least until a board meeting coming in April, as the Italian government may want to pump new blood at the head. The...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 13, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DID site, Finmeccanica, India, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* Debate in the full US senate about the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense should start today, following yesterday’s far from consensual approval (14-11 following party lines) in the Armed Services Committee. In all likelihood Hagel will be...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 12, 2013 | Africa - Other, BAE, India, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Trucks & Transport
Casspir Mk6/ MPV-I(click to view full) The global trend toward mine-resistant patrol vehicles actually added India back in the late 1990s, when it began to buy used South African Casspir vehicles. India ended up buying 165 Casspirs from 1999-2001, and they have seen...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 12, 2013 | Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Leadership & People, Scandals & Investigations, T&C - Microsoft, USA
* The US Senate Armed Services Committee will likely vote this afternoon on Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense. Republican senators denied as an unfounded rumor that they were considering walking out of the committee. * Senate Democrats will...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Special forces are even more reliant on excellent communications infrastructure, and on help desk support that can go the extra miles with them. On October 2005, IT consulting firm iGov Technologies, Inc. in McLean, VA received an indefinite delivery/ indefinite...
