by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Forces - Special Ops, Legal, Scandals & Investigations, USA
They Deserve Our Best(click to view full) The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reports that a defense contractor at U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has pleaded guilty to bribery in a plea deal and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Field Reports, Forces - Marines, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Failures, Testing & Evaluation, USA
V-22 Osprey The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has been a champion of some defense programs (vid. the A-10), an opponent of others that it believes to be wasteful and/or ineffective, and an opponent willing to reconsider on still other programs (vid. the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, USA
Basic Nuclear Propulsion(click to expand) Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA is being awarded a $279.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Schenectady, NY (50%) and Pittsburgh, PA (50%)....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, IT - Software & Integration, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AV-8B VTOL(click to view full) DID has covered the changes made to the USA’s AV-8B Harrier IIs, which turned them from the most accident-prone aircraft in the fleet to a much safer jet whose hover capability and LITENING surveillance and targeting pods proved...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Events, Fighters & Attack
GR7A at Kandahar(with Paveway bombs) On August 12, 2005, DID covered the performance and operations of the RAF’s GR7 Harrier II jets in Afghanistan. Now Britain’s Telegraph reports that one RAF Harrier was destroyed on the ground and another has been...
