Rapid Fire 2011-10-21: Warfighting Energy Use Intensity

by Editorial Staff | Oct 21, 2011 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Central, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, India, Logistics Innovations, Russia, Submarines, UAVs, USA

* With Qaddafi dead, NATO operations in Libya are set to wind down quickly. * Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems to cut 800 jobs in Maryland and other states (further details are lacking). Meanwhile the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) won’t have to...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-20: Grasping for Real Options to Face Budget Music

by Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2011 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Lobbying, People, T&C - CSC, Think Tanks, USA

* CSC’s Chairman and CEO Michael W. Laphen announced he’s retiring. He’s ready to stay around for up to a year until his replacement is found. Laphen started his career and CSC in 1977 and was appointed to his current position in 2007. * Several US...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-19: 2012 US Army Soldier Portfolio

by Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2011 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, USA

* The Army published a commercial-quality multimedia catalog of soldier gear, complete with individual program statuses. [PDF, Flash, Quicktime]. * The U.S. State Department continues to jawbone NATO missile defense, the key issue – as ever – being...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-18: NAVAIR Acquisition Guide | US Army Energy Conservation

by Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2011 | Asia - Other, Biological Weapons, Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA, WMD Proliferation

* US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) published its latest acquisition guide [PDF]. * Katherine Hammack, the US Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy, & Environment), presented “US Army Power & Energy” [PDF] last week during...

Rapid Fire 2011-10-17: New MoD Secretary | Korea’s Exports

by Editorial Staff | Oct 17, 2011 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Oshkosh, People, Policy - Doctrine, Scandals & Investigations, Warfare - Trends

* Former Secretary of Transport Philip Hammond is replacing Liam Fox as the UK’s Minister of Defence, a position that has seen a lot of turnover in past years. Fox resigned under pressure because of the access he gave to his friend Adam Werritty. FT, Guardian,...