by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Bombs - Cluster, Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, USA
F-35 Variants(click to view full) The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program which is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et....
by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2006 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Fighters & Attack, Partnerships & Consortia, USA
F-35 AA-1 rollout(click to view full) The UK is a Tier 1 partner alongside the USA in the F-35 Lightning II program, with an investment to date of about $2 billion and plans to equip its future carrier force with up to 150 F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off, Vertical...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2006 | Alliances, Canada, Fighters & Attack, GE, Lockheed Martin, Partnerships & Consortia, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
F-35, eh?(click to view full) In a December 11, 2006 ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, Canada’s Department of National Defence formalized their continued partnership in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program. Canada was the second of eight...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2006 | BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, Power Projection, USA
AAFARS in Action Back on March 5/05, DID described the AAFARS forward refueling system for helicopters, and covered order #9 in a $100 million contract for 372 total AAFARS systems. BAE Systems recently received order #14, a $31.6 million order from the U.S. Army...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, USA
The Phelps/Kiewit Joint Venture in Chantilly, VA received an initial $23.1 million increment as part of a $286 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a multi-story regional security operations center at Fort Gordon, WI. Work is expected...
