by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2007 | ECM, Fuel & Power, India, IT - General, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Radars, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
Offshoring aerospace work to India is a growing trend, and the Indian defense market’s combination of obvious opportunity and required industrial offsets has many foreign firms working to line up partners. Raytheon recently announced signed memorandums of...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Middle East - Other, United Technologies, USA
S-70A, Austria(click to view full) The Dubai 2007 air show is in progress, which means a lot of multi-billion announcements for passenger aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. There are also a couple of military aircraft sales in the mix. Sikorsky has signed a direct...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 12, 2007 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Scandals & Investigations, USA
(click to view full) Earmarks involve designating funds in spending legislation that must be used for a very particular purpose. While they can be a useful tool, they can also be a magnet for shady dealings and last-minute surprises. Indicted Naval ace and former...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 12, 2007 | Aircraft, European Union (EU), Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying
Eurofighter, Spain(click to view full) Aviation Week’s Ares reports that The European Parliament will vote on including military aviation in the EU’s greenhouse gas emission trading scheme (ETS) during its plenary session in Strasbourg, France, this week....
by Joe Katzman | Nov 12, 2007 | Air Reconnaissance, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, USA
“Found a bunker!”(click to view full) BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions, Inc. of Washington DC received an $8.2 million contract for the ATAEM program. Their goal is to design, build and demonstrate a proof-of-concept system that can find...
