* British MoD officials' efforts to consider export market requirements in the speccing of defense programs are confirmed as wise moves. However a lack of teeth in the policy - forcing agencies to adopt lower requirements consistent with cost/value ratios sought by...
MLP concept(click to view full) The Montford Point Class Mobile Landing Platform is intended to be a new class and type of auxiliary support ship, as part of the US Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Force of the Future (MPF-F) program. They're intended to serve as a...
* The budget trial balloon floated a few days ago showing the Administration going back to pre-sequestration defense spending increases received an abruptly negative reaction from the Republican-controlled Congress, with members making statements against both the...
AN-70(click to view full) Antonov's AN-70 has had a long and difficult development history from its first studies and concepts in 1979. Roadblocks have included the dissolution of its sponsoring state in 1991, the crash of the initial prototype aircraft in a 1995...
* DJI, the manufacturer of the drone that crashed on White House grounds, is pushing a mandatory firmware "upgrade" that disables their devices within a 15.5 mile radius around Washington D.C. area. The move is a fast and shrewd move for a firm that likely faced - and...
* The Obama Administration is reportedly about to start pushing a suggested defense appropriation 8 percent above last year's, an increase that by itself would roughly equal Germany's annual defense spending. Procurement accounts would see a 15 percent increase. $51...
* Russia's S-300 surface-to-air missile upgrade back in 2010 was so good, they opted to rebadge it the S-400. It has also gone under the names SA-21, Triumf and S-300PMU-3. It has been the object of much diplomatic hand-wringing as western nations have pleaded,...
* Unlike other western nations, Germany's public has been interested and concerned about Saudi Arabia's record on suppressing minorities and women, as well as lending help to organizations affiliated with violent extremism. With four out of five Germans indicating...
The Pentagon's Defense Business Bureau, an advisory group designed to give private sector expertise to senior leaders, announced its global analysis of DoD practices found potential savings of about $25 billion per year, to be squeezed mostly out of logistics,...