In May 2012, Realization Technologies, Inc. in San Jose, CA received a $35.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to maintain, deploy, and sustain their Concerto software at existing sites. Corcerto is designed for managing multiple projects using Eli Goldratt's critical...
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is complaining that House Republicans want to fund stuff the military doesn't need. In Australia, Shadow Minister for Defence David Johnston and Defence Minister Stephen Smith have similar disagreements on what the appropriate...
French Cougar SAR/SOF(click to view full) Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 Cougar helicopters during the May KADEX-2012 military exposition in Astana. Kazakhstan joins France, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, and...
* Who says you cannot make a U-turn with an aircraft carrier? Early media reports were right (it happens!), the UK officially confirmed [PDF] that it will switch its JSF order from the F-35C to the STOVL flavor: "We expect HMS Queen Elizabeth to be handed over to the...
USS Kidd [DDG-100](click to view full) The US Navy's DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers are the backbone of their present and future fleet. Unfortunately, they have a problem. Two problems, actually. One problem involves keeping the fleet's operating costs low,...
Hawaii Superferry(click to view full) In his April 6/09 discussion of the FY 2010 budget, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said that the US military wanted to charter another 2 "JHSV-like" fast catamaran ships from 2009-2011, until the JHSV ships begin arriving....
* The US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee quickly approved - behind closed doors - its markup for the FY13 funding bill. Today the Armed Services Committee is starting longer, more difficult discussions, but they will happen in the open . More details...
* The US House Budget Committee approved a bill to roll back sequestration through reconciliation and instead offers cuts focused on welfare programs. Getting the Heritage Foundation's seal of approval was a foregone conclusion, but what is missing is a roadmap for...
MSVS MilCOTS 7400(click to view full) Just before Canada Day 2006, Canada's minority Conservative Party government outlined a C$ 1.2 billion (USD $1 billion) RFP for new medium-sized logistics trucks and associated equipment. These Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS)...