by Joe Katzman | Jan 29, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, Trucks & Transport
LMV in Afghanistan(click to view full) After some bad experiences with its up-armored Mercedes “Gelendevagen” in Afghanistan, Norway decided that they needed patrol vehicles with better protection. In 2006, therefore, they placed an order for 25...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 29, 2013 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, BAE, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Japan, Launch Vehicles, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA
* BAE will cut 300 jobs across 5 US states, two thirds of which at their Electronic Systems site in Nashua, NH, where 50 people were already laid off last year. * US AFRICOM is pondering establishing a base to operate UAVs out of a northwest African country such as...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 28, 2013 | Events, Force Structure, India, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Tanks & Mechanized
Arjun tank(click to view full) India’s indigenous Arjun tank project began in 1974, and originally aimed to replace the Russian T-54 and T-72 tanks which made up the bulk of that country’s armored firepower. As has often been the case in India, its DRDO...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 28, 2013 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, France, People, Turkey, USA
* House of Representatives Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan told NBC that he thinks the sequester is going to happen. Meet the Press | Reuters. * Senator Richard Durbin [D-IL] has been confirmed as the new chairman of the appropriations defense subcommittee. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 27, 2013 | Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia, Trucks & Transport
Linces in Afghanistan(click to view full) In a strong-commodity, weak-dollar/Euro world, Russia has the finances it need to replenish its badly depleted military. What it doesn’t have yet is the industrial and engineering capacity, which was lost during the...
