* The Pentagon is considering updating Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate a "proposal adequacy checklist" for proposals in response to solicitations that require submission of certified cost or pricing data. Comments should be...
CN-235MPA Persuader(click to view full) In 2005, DID covered a report on Latin American arms procurement that highlighted Venezuela as the major arms buyer in the region. In November 2005, Defense-Aerospace.com translated a document (URL now broken) noting that...
RAWS firing: Basra, Iraq(click to view full) In November 2011, the US Army combined with US Special Operations Command to place an $31.5 million order with Saab North America for their Carl-Gustaf M3 man-portable recoilless rifle, which fires 84mm rockets. It's a good...
* JSF PEO Vice Admiral David J. Venlet said in an interview with AOL Defense that ramping up production quickly while completing tests was a "miscalculation" but he has to live with concurrency, though he questions the delivery pace. * Northrop Grumman's 3-year, $8.9M...
* Mike McCord, principal US under secretary of defense (Comptroller), and Vice Admiral Mark Skinner, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both told reporters that the FY13 budget that DoD, the services and OMD are working on will not...
Too Hot to Handle?(click to view full) Most people think "defense procurement" and think "weapons," but the truth is that infrastructure and associated services consumes at least as much money. In December 2007 (FY 2008), the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP,...
* The US Senate unanimously approved the Combating Military Counterfeits Act (S 1228) as an amendment to the FY12 Appropriations bill. It involves criminal penalties and is part of a broader effort to tighten the military supply chain after the revelation that suspect...
Latest updates: Re-competes lead to a winner other than Maersk. USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak(click to view full) The USA's Maritime Prepositioning Ships serve as vast, floating stocks of equipment, ammunition, and supplies that can be sailed into friendly ports to meet up...
* Still no progress in India's long negotiations with France's SNECMA, to develop a Kaveri jet engine successor as an alternate engine for India's Tejas LCA Mk.2 fighter. GE's F404 equips the Mk.1 variant, and their F414 has been picked for future versions. * US...