by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Transport & Utility, USA
HI, Bye: VP-4 deploys(click to view full) Boeing received a $136.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the US Navy for 2 C-40A Clipper aircraft. Work will be performed in Renton, WA (88%); and Wichita, KS (12%) and is expected to be complete in February 2011. This...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Events, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
F-35A AA-1(click to view full) The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program 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. al.; the...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Events, Field Reports, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Trucks & Transport
Land Rover Snatch(click to view full) In the USA, a controversy erupted in early 2008 when USMC whistleblower Franz Gayl’s “The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Case Study” [PDF] blamed a slow military procurement system for delays in fielding...
