by Joe Katzman | Nov 14, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Expeditionary Warfare, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
A narrow escape?(click to view full) In early November, Bloomberg and other news services were reporting that a recent draft of the Defense Department’s Mobility Capabilities Study recommended ending purchases of C-17 Globemaster IIIs beyond the 180 currently...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 14, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Transport & Utility, USA
Future options?(click to expand) Capitol Hill staffers finally received a preview of the Pentagon’s long-awaited Mobility Capabilities Study, a comprehensive review intended to define the mix of aircraft and ships the military needs to transport troops and...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 14, 2005 | BAE, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, RFPs, Tanks & Mechanized, Testing & Evaluation
OT-64C in Kosovo(click to view full) On September 23, 2005, DID reported on the Czech government’s tender to procure 199-234 modern 8×8 wheeled armored vehicles to replace its outdated, Soviet-era, BTR-60 derivative OT-64 SKOT armored personnel carriers...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 14, 2005 | ABM, Contracts - Modifications, New Systems Tech, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Computer Sciences Corp. Federal Sector in Falls Church, VA received a cost-plus-award-fee contract modification: a non-competitive $243.1 million extension to the existing contract for scientific, engineering and technical assistance support to the Ground-based...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 14, 2005 | Europe - Other, Events, Issues - International, Legal, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Scandals & Investigations, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Tanks Delivered: 77Repo men needed: 0Safer elections: Priceless Last week, we ran a story about 77 refurbished Hungarian T-72 tanks, headed for the Middle East and slated to form the core of Iraq’s first reconstituted armored division. They were scheduled to...
