by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Rumours, USA
Ch-ch-ch-changes… Dan Dupont of Inside Defense (see their special Budget Blog) emails us to note that US Department of Defense is cutting $1.1 billion from the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey program, and moving to implement the cut in the FY 2007 budget...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Lockheed Martin, Project Management, Project Methodologies, Radars, USA
AEGIS Combat Control(click to view full) DID has covered Australia’s 3-ship, A$ 6 billion (USD $4.5 billion) SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyer program in some depth before. The project continues to move forward, with Australia placing an A$ 1 billion (USD $750...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Airbus, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, France, India, Legal, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Rumours, Russia, USA
F/A-18E, Parked(click to view full) Flight International reports that US manufacturers are trying to persuade the Indian government to ease proposed new offset requirements that would make it difficult for them to compete in India’s lightweight fighter...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | IT - Cyber-Security, Security & Secrecy, USA
DID has covered the US Army Knowledge Online portal before. LTC Oliver K Wyrtki, Director of Information Management at Ft. Bragg, NC, confirmed to DID that he had sent out the following warning message last week. Frankly, we’re surprised it took so long for...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Marines, Forces - Naval, Marketing & Advertising, Other Corporation, USA
The Few. The Proud.(click to view full) The US Navy and Marines recently awarded a pair of additional contracts as part of their ongoing recruiting efforts. Walter Thompson Co. USA in Atlanta, GA received a $36.2 million modification to previously awarded GSA Task...
