Panhard PVP(click to view larger) France has contracted with Panhard General Defense for 187 Petits Vehicules Proteges (PVP) light protected vehicles. This is the final tranche of a total order for 933 PVPs, awarded in September 2004. Initial deliveries began in April...
In "India's Defense Market: Obstacles to Modernization" DID looked at the various organizational pathologies that were creating repeated failures for Indian defense procurement efforts, to the point that billions of dollars were being appropriated and not spent. We...
* Singapore to buy RFID-based armory management system as part of S$ 1.1 billion IT spending package. * PricewaterhouseCoopers: The global aerospace and defense sector experiences strongest M&A deal quarter in 5 quarters. * South Korea's KIDA: "How to Deal with the...
Nightforce scope(click to view full) Nightforce, Inc. in Orofino, Idaho, was awarded a $25.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for its family of dayscopes, with accompanying service for spares, repairs and upgrades. These scope sights will be used by special forces...
* Australia delivers its 2010-2011 budget, including the defence budget; more to come. * Aviation Week suspends aviation expert and F-35 critic Bill Sweetman from covering the largest defense program in history. AvWeek issues its statement, as his colleagues note his...
FMTV A1P2 w. LTAS(click to view full) Amateurs discuss tactics, professionals discuss logistics. A military force can have all of the flashy combat vehicles it wants, but without a solid underpinning of medium and heavy trucks to handle logistics, that combat force is...
* US defense secretary Gates calls for military to focus on reducing overhead costs, which are over 40% of the budget. TRICARE medical costs are one element of that. * South Korea finds RDX, a chemical substance used in torpedoes, on sunken ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a...
* Gates looks to cut $10 billion to $15 billion per year in Pentagon waste. Washington Post | New York Times | Associated Press | CNN * Leaked Swiss Defense Ministry paper calls for shift from defense of homeland to security operations inside country. * Canada's CGI...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...