Rapid Fire September 12, 2012: DLA’s Performance-Based Logistics

by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Innovations, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - Political, Logistics Innovations, Missiles - Ballistic, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, USA

* The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on the rationale for Performance-Based Logistics (PBL): There are 9 contracts among the services to support [the T700] aircraft engine, plus some DLA contracts. That sounds like someone put together a bunch of contracts without...

Rapid Fire September 10, 2012: Afghanistan Close, But No SIGAR

by Editorial Staff | Sep 10, 2012 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Fuel & Power, Germany, Navistar, Official Reports, UAVs, USA

* The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its interim report [PDF] on the pretroleum-related logistics capabilities of the Afghan National Army (ANA). NATO’s Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan (NTM-A/CSTC-A)...

Rapid Fire September 7, 2012: Better Better Buying Power

by Editorial Staff | Sep 7, 2012 | China, Daily Rapid Fire, Russia, USA

* Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall is about to update the Better Buying Power (BBP) guidance issued by Ashton Carter two years ago. * Part of BBP relies on reviving “should cost” procurement methodology. The RAND Corporation looked into it and...

Rapid Fire September 6, 2012: Slowed Sales While Waiting for Export Openings

by Editorial Staff | Sep 6, 2012 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, France, Robots, UAVs, USA

* LockgropBoetheon? Brett Lambert, deputy assistant secretary for defense industrial base policy, says the Pentagon would have to reconsider its opposition to any further consolidation among primes if sequestration is implemented. * DoD guidelines may allow UAV...

Rapid Fire September 5, 2012: EADS vs. AIA

by Editorial Staff | Sep 5, 2012 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Raytheon, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Singapore, USA

* EADS – a group partly owned by the French government – is miffed that the Aerospace Industries Association does not let them in. * Boeing sees potential for Arrow 3 sales beyond Israel, to countries including India, Singapore and South Korea. The program...