* The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published its Defence Budget Brief 2012-2013 [PDF] last week. It starts like this: "The numbers tell the story. Next year the defence budget will fall in real terms by 10.5%, the largest year-on-year reductions since...
Honor & Reflect(click to view cartoon) Monday, May 28th is Memorial Day in the USA. DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service; we will not be publishing. Readers are reminded that in America, the Memorial Day moment of silence...
* India's new aircraft carrier will have its sea trials delayed. The problem isn't the contractor this time - it's the weather in northern Russia. * US base closures: if not this year, maybe the next? * The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank proposes...
Pilatus PC-21(click to view full) In May 2012, Saudi Arabia signed a long-rumored agreement with BAE for training aircraft that can take RSAF pilots all the way from basic training to lead-in fighter training, along with their accompanying classroom training and...
BAF C-130B(click to view full) The Bangladesh Air Force currently flies 4 ancient C-130B Hercules medium transports, bought second-hand from the USAF. A May 2012 DSCA request [PDF] would replace them with 4 merely old C-130E Hercules medium transports, bought...
The US DoD published two FY11 reports on purchases from foreign entities and to foreign countries [PDFs]. DoD procurement actions from foreign entities amounted to $24B or 6.4% of the total. 67% of that comes from fuel, services, construction, or food. 18% or about...
Chinook at Night South Korea intends to spend more than 2 billion dollars over the next 5 years on missiles according to Yonhap. The Chosunilbo reports that this sum will translate into 500+ Hyunmu-2 and Hyunmu-3 missiles. They're also adding to their minesweeping...
Spot the fake The US Senate published a report [PDF] on counterfeit electronics that follows up on a hearing from November last year. Besides blaming China, the report concludes that: "the defense industry's reliance on unvetted independent distributors to supply...
Tony Stark approves(click to view full) In May 2012, Boeing in Huntsville, AL received an $83 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, for "engineering services in support of the Avenger weapon system." Work will be performed in Huntsville, AL until March 31/15. One bid...