by Joe Katzman | Jan 14, 2009 | Budgets, France, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
While France plans to use its economic stimulus spending to accelerate key defense buys and add another Mistral Class amphibious operations ship, the USA appears to be taking a different approach. Congressional Quarterly magazine’s “Defense Firms Seek...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 14, 2009 | Airbus, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Lockheed Martin, Transport & Utility, USA
C-27J Spartan(click to view larger) Around the world, buyers of light military transport aircraft face 3 main choices: Alenia’s C-27J Spartan, EADS-CASA’s C-295M, or Russia’s AN-32. EADS-CASA began with notable leads in orders and customers over its...