* While the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks to develop Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds (MRC), the Department of Defense (DoD) drags its heels over the implementation of 'cloud computing' initiatives. * Concerns are raised that General...
Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) has recently disclosed the following Requests for Proposals (RFP), modifications and notifications: * The US Air Force releases a Statement of Work, Questions and Answers and additional documents in relation to the purchase and...
* The US Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) announces that it has made $50 million-worth of savings in procuring weapons for new construction amphibious ships between FY2009-2011. * The British House of Commons' Public Accounts...
Off you go(click to view full) On August 12, 2011 Northrop Grumman was awarded $26,178,369 on a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification basis for Sand Dragon B Tier II UAVs. The goal is to develop and deploy a counter-IED unmanned aerial system. Northrop Grumman...
Defense Industry Daily is fielding a survey on perceptions of defense industry contractors - specifically on their performance on timeliness, quality and cost and the controlling reasons why specific contractors may be denied business. Some of the results will surface...
* Data recently compiled by Bloomberg shows that ManTech, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin are among 9 companies that receive 70% of their revenue from the US government. Bloomberg also predicts that such companies have the most to lose from the...
* Russia's state-run Rosoboronexport reveals that it has lost $4 billion-worth of defense export contracts with Libya. * Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells the National Defense University that the United States can enact budget cuts without compromising national...
* A senior Russian defense official claims that the Sukhoi T-50/PAK-FA stealth fighter will be the 'principal plane' of the Russian and Indian Air Forces. * A new Pike Research report predicts that the military fuel cell market will reach $1.2 billion by 2017, an...
* Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and South Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell, says that US foreign policy needs to make the transition from the immediate challenges of the Middle East to address 'long term and deeply consequential issues in Asia'. * Israel...