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Brazil Buying & Building BAE’s 90m Patrol Vessels

Amazonas(click to view full) As 2011 came to a close, Brazil’s buy of 3 in-stock Offshore Patrol Vessels from BAE, with an option to license-build 5 more, had the potential to cast wide ripples. Brazil has very extensive coastal responsibilities, a sizable...
Afghanistan Orders EOD Robots

June 13, 2013: Ballooning, or Bust?

* Tight budgets mean consolidation, so we present Bain Insights on “The renaissance in mergers and acquisitions: How to make your deals successful”. Scale, or scope? * “The Private-Intelligence Boom, by the Numbers.” The leftist Mother Jones...
Afghanistan Orders EOD Robots

Rapid Fire, June 13, 2013: Transitions

* The Pentagon sends out a memo [PDF] reminding DoD employees and DoD contractors that they’re not to look at any still-classified documents, even if they’re posted in the public domain, broadcast widely by media sources, and made available to the rest of...
Afghanistan Orders EOD Robots

Rapid Fire, June 12, 2013: A World of Surprises

* We know that many readers are preparing for the 50th Paris Air Show next week. Here’s a recent BusinessWeek article describing the 5 best travel apps for your phone. To which we’d add: Expensify. For your mandatory contingency planning, we recommend...