by Editorial Staff | Nov 18, 2013 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, Lobbying, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Do Buy… Airliners * Day 1 of the Dubai airshow broke records yesterday in the airliner world, but on the military side the UAE still hasn’t decided which jets to acquire, despite hands-on business development help from UK Prime Minister David Cameron....
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Expeditionary Warfare, Forces - Marines, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, USA
LWPS(click to view full) You can live for weeks without food. A week without water will leave you dead, especially if you’re exerting yourself in unfriendly conditions. More bad news: water is heavy to carry, which means it takes a lot of resources to transport....
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Events, Germany, Indonesia, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized
Marder 1A3(click to view full) In August 2012, reports emerged that Indonesia had made a deal with Germany to buy heavy tanks and infantry carriers, after the Dutch had demurred. The Indonesian Army has a long record of human rights abuses, which sparked considerable...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2013 | Americas - Other, Bombs - Smart, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, France, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Missiles - Air-Air, Other Corporation, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
FAC Kfir C7(click to view larger) Years of unswerving pressure from the Colombian army wore down the narco-terrorist FARC. Much of that pressure was led by the popular (former) President Uribe, who ruled out a bid for constitutional amendments and an attempt at a 3rd...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 15, 2013 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, India, Issues - Political, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Russia, Submarines, USA
DoD to Focus on Data Rights * Katrina McFarland, assistant secretary of defense (acquisition), wants to push program managers to move away from closed systems such as those used on the F-22: “What have you done to make your system open, and why? Where did you...
