by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Budgets, China, Issues - International, Official Reports
Red flag to abull defense market As was the case in the communist Soviet Union, China’s official military budget and real military budget are not the same thing. Many items are hidden under other ministries, or simply not reported truthfully in the absence of...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Airbus, Boeing, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Rumours, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
KC-X contenders(click to view full) As the $35 billion KC-45 tanker purchase flies into the teeth of Washington’s political battles, the Lexington Institute think-tank discusses the relative ratings of each contestant in the USAF’s aerial tanker...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, USA
Watts Constructors, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii won a $46.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to build a Communications Center at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific, for Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Work will be performed in Wahiawa, Hawaii,...