by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Airbus, France, Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia
Emerging clusters, 2005(click to view full) Russia’s aircraft industry remains one of the country’s defense export standbys, and Russian companies are beginning to partner with foreign firms in ways that could increase their reach. In December 2005, Moscow...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Force Structure, Issues - International, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Remote Weapons Systems, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Trucks & Transport, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Dutch Bushmasters’first Afghan patrol(click to view full) Despite ongoing US procurement of M1151/M1152 Hummers, the retreat from Jeep-like vehicles is accelerating among Western militaries. Insufficiently protected against land mine threats in modern conflict...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 23, 2009 | Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
VSE Corp. in Alexandria, VA received a $249 million modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-05-D-4204) to add an option for continuous life-cycle support of naval vessels that are bought, sold or otherwise transferred through the international fleet...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, India, Other Corporation, Russia, Support & Maintenance
IAF MiG-29, top view(click to view full) Until the arrival of the SU-30MKs and SU-30MKIs, India’s MiG-29 fleet was its primary counter to Pakistan’s F-16s. That fleet had a number of problems, the most prominent of which was a low readiness rate given the...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 23, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Power Projection, Support Functions - Other
Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar(click to view full) Rizzani de Eccher (USA) in Miami Beach, FL won a $44.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a facility replacement at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The company, which is a unit of Italian...
