by Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2013 | Africa - Other, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Events, Field Reports, India, Official Reports, Procurement Innovations, Russia, USA
* The Pentagon’s FY2012 annual report from the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) is now available online. We will update our coverage of major programs accordingly in the days to come. * DARPA launched its 1st of 3 public...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2013 | Africa - Other, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Guns - Personal Weapons, Industry & Trends, Japan, Missiles - Ballistic, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, UAVs, USA
* The Air Force indicated last year that the life of air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM aka AGM-86) would be extended through this decade and the next. Boeing is the lead contractor since the 70s but BAE Systems has indicated they intended to compete as a prime for...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 11, 2013 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Leadership & People, Official Reports, RFPs, Russia, USA
* Soon-departing US SecDef Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dempsey held a press conference (transcript, video) mostly focused on budget issues: “The continuing resolution (CR) expires on March 27th. If Congress fails to pass the...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 10, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Missiles - Ballistic, People, Pre-RFP, USA
* Todd Harrison from the CSBA think tank explains [PDF] how the way the recent American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) tinkered with sequestration affects defense. His estimate is $42.7B in cuts spread over the last 7 months of the current fiscal year, a couple billion...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 9, 2013 | Asia - Other, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Malaysian F/A-18D:Bersama Shield 2010(click to view full) Malaysia has an unusual air fleet, which includes Russian MiG-29s and very advanced SU-30MKMs, alongside Boeing’s F/A-18D Hornets. The MiG-29s are declining in numbers, and Malaysia had hoped to phase...
