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Rapid Fire April 11, 2012: 30-Year Aviation Funding Plan

Rapid Fire April 6, 2012: Defense Logistics Agency Guidance

by | Apr 6, 2012 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Avionics, BAE, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Events, Fighters & Attack, France, GE, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Official Reports, Radars, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA

* US Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency since November 2011, published his revised 2012 guidance [PDF] that conveniently highlights where the changes are. Among them, improved support for reset and force drawdown processes in...
Rapid Fire April 11, 2012: 30-Year Aviation Funding Plan

Rapid Fire March 30, 2012: Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle

by | Mar 30, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Radars, Raytheon, USA

* The US Army will host [PDF] an industry day on April 24 in Sterling Heights, MI, to present its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program, a potential replacement for M113s with the goal of being both more survivable and more mobile. This one started in FY10 but...
Rapid Fire April 11, 2012: 30-Year Aviation Funding Plan

Rapid Fire March 28, 2012: North Korean ‘Sophisticated’ Hackers – How?

by | Mar 28, 2012 | ABM, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Finmeccanica, France, Fuel & Power, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Middle East - Other, Policy - Procurement, RAFAEL, Raytheon, Robots, Tanks & Mechanized, USA

* Finmeccanica declared [PDF] a EUR 2.3 billion loss for 2011 (slightly more than $3B) on EUR 17.3B of revenue (-7% vs. 2010) because of high nonrecurring charges. Sales declined 22% to EUR 17.4B. Total backlog dropped 5% to 46 billion euros but from the...