Military meds are big business. In March 2010 the US DLA's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia awarded a pair of 5-year contracts worth up to $807.1 million to Cardinal Health in Dublin, OH, for drug distribution to US military medical facilities. For these contracts,...
* Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith told reporters the Department will review their JSF purchase timetable, in light last week's confirmation that the US will take it slow. * Jim Maslowski, President at Hawker Beechcraft Defense and a former US Navy Rear...
Update: FY13 PB has been released. Top Pentagon officials gave a briefing yesterday on major budget decisions ahead of the FY13 President Budget request coming on Feb. 13. Highlights among the outlined priorities [PDF]: * A relatively stable topline at $613.4B, made...
* Full 2011 financial results: Textron saw growth at Bell, revenue decrease at Textron Systems. At $7.3B, Bell's backlog has recovered from a reporting error announced by the company last quarter. * Meanwhile General Dynamics generated $32.7B of revenue last year. It...
* Frank Kendall has been confirmed as US undersecretary for defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, pending Senate confirmation. He's been holding the job in an acting capacity since Ashton Carter was promoted to be Deputy SecDef back in September. *...
Latest updates: US Army initiatives. WANTED: stuff like this...(click to view full) On July 25/06 Al-Anbar commander and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer submitted an MNF-W priority 1 request. It pointed to the hazards inherent in American supply lines, and...
* According to Bloomberg the FY13 President Budget submission date has been postponed from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13. Meanwhile House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is suggesting to chip at sequestration one year at a time if rolling back the whole 10 years proves too...
Yak-130(click to view full) Russian media are reporting that Syria has signed a $550-million contract with Russia's state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export agency, involving 36 Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets. The deal was reportedly struck in December 2011,...