* Earlier this week the US GAO released its latest report on the F-35. The title says it all: Need for Affordable Strategy, Greater Attention to Risks, and Improved Cost Estimates. * Meanwhile JSF PEO Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan says [AviationWeek] F-35C sea trials...
* India is justifiably touting the low $74M cost [BBC] of its successful mission to put a satellite in orbit around Mars [ISRO]. Prime Minister Modi couldn’t hope for a better springboard to launch a “Make in India” campaign [Business Standard]....
* The White House announced the US will not use antipersonnel mines outside of those deployed to protect South Korea, as well as destroy their stockpiles not necessary to defend the peninsula. This aligns the country with most of the requirements of the Ottawa...
* The US has been struggling to figure out what to do with its MRAPs in Afghanistan for about a year. The State Department is now confirming that Pakistan is requesting a Foreign Military Sale of 160 MaxxPros for about $198 million, an idea first floated back in...
The Obama administration, including DoD, rolled out their FY2015 budget request on March 4, alongside the release of the new quadrennial defense review (QDR). Even with this year’s partial rollback of sequestration, cuts were still on the agenda, but by the end...
