by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2010 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, People, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - SAIC, Testing & Evaluation, USA
* RIP Dr. Ed Roberts, the USAF officer who became the father of the personal computer. * Venezuela negotiating to buy $5 billion in military equipment from Russia, including T-72 tanks and S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missile systems. Reuters | Russia’s...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2010 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Force Structure, France, Transport & Utility
French AF CN-235(click to view full) France is facing an airlift crunch. In addition to the delays created by the A400M program’s cost growth and technical challenges, France will be receiving fewer A400Ms by 2020, in order to keep the program within existing...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 5, 2010 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, France, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other
Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Center Atlantic awarded M.C. Dean Inc. in Dulles, VA a $75 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N65236-07-D-5884) to support SPAWAR command,...
