by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Small Business, Trucks & Transport, USA
Iraq: US Cougar 6×6,Polish M1114 HMMWV,Iraqi police van(click to view full) Small business qualifier Force Protection Industries, Inc. in Ladson, SC has received a $221.7 million firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 under previously awarded contract...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2007 | Budgets, France, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat
Still sailing?(click to view full) French President Nikolas Sarkozy spent time with aerospace & defense industry leaders at the Paris Air Show on June 23rd. The speech took place a week after recent Parliamentary elections that featured a center-right majority,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2007 | Asstd. Support Equipment, Britain/U.K., Consulting Firms, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Events, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Transformation
DE&S HQ(click to view full) As anyone who has ever dealt with them knows, national defense organizations aren’t exactly paperless. Over in Britain, Ministry of Defense officials in Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) realized that several MoD...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2007 | Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Events, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
MV-22, ropedown(click to view full) The Bell Helicopter – Boeing Tilt Rotor Team in Amarillo, TX received an $88.1 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fix-fee contract (N00019-96-C-0054) to accept Engineering Change Proposal V-22-0704 for...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 27, 2007 | Ammunition, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, USA
F-16F “Desert Falcon”(click to view full) Back in August 2006, “US DSCA Issues a Flurry of International Arms Sale Notifications” noted that the Netherlands and Singapore were moving to set up F-16 pilot training programs in the USA, which...
