by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Industry & Trends, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized
Chinese Type 96(click to view full) In its annual analysis “The World Market for Tanks,” the Forecast International Weapons Group projects that the international market will produce nearly 7,800 main battle tanks, worth in excess of $31.6 billion, through...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Forces - Land, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, Project Methodologies
FCS Constellation(click to view full) DID has covered the USA’s $120+ billion Future Combat Systems program before, and recently noted questions regarding its survivability in urban warfare. Now the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued Report...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation
T55-714 airflow cutaway(click to view full) Honeywell International Inc. in Phoenix, AZ received a $71.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47 T55-714A engines and fielding kits. The T55-714A engine is pgrading the existing CH-47D fleet, and is...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
RQ-5 Hunter Back in August 2005, DID covered a $214 million contract for System Development and Demonstration for the Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – aka. the Warrior UAV, which leveraged technologies from the Predator UAV family to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, USA
Mid Eastern Builders Inc. in Chesapeake, VA won a $17 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a fuel pump house at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC. That base is home to the 4th Fighter Wing’s F-15E Strike Eagles, and the 916th Air Refueling...
