by Fred Donovan | May 12, 2011 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Special Ops, GE, General Dynamics, Heavy Bombers, Issues - International, Launch Vehicles, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Rolls Royce, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Tanks & Mechanized, UAVs, USA
* House Armed Services Committee approves $690 billion defense authorization bill for FY 2012: among other things, the bill would 1) allow GE and Rolls Royce to continue development of the F136 engine for the F-35 fighter at their own expense, 2) continue funding...
by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2011 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, Legal, Saudi Arabia, Transport & Utility, Turkey, USA
TuAF C-130s(click to view full) Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review reports that the US State Department has approved the resale of 6 Saudi C-130E Hercules medium tactical transport planes to Turkey, green-lighting a deal that was struck in summer 2010. Under...
