SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

Commando transport(click to view full) H-3 Sea Kings are used in a variety of roles by the Royal Navy and RAF, from the transport of Royal Marines (Mk 4, Mk 6CR), to search & rescue (Mk 3/3A and Mk 5), Airborne Early Warning (Mk 7), and classic utility roles....
SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

Rapid Fire Dec. 24, 2012: Merry Christmas!

Survivable Laser-guided Expeditionary Integrated Gift Handling system(click to view full) Today isn’t really a publishing day, but the Eurofighter articles below provide further updates on Friday’s news. Defense Industry Daily will publish on the 26th and...
SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

Rapid Fire Dec. 21, 2012: New US Senate Appropriations Chair

* David Cameron’s Middle East November 2012 Tour paid off with a deal with Oman for 20 aircraft including 12 Typhoons. Details to follow in our own coverage. As Britain and France compete for several fighter export contracts, Cameron’s personal involvement...
SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

MTA: HAL and Irkut’s Joint Tactical Transport Project

Irkut concept(click to view full) In late December 2006, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) announced a $700-million joint venture (JV) agreement with Irkut Corporation of Russia for manufacturing 60-tonne multi-role transport aircraft (MRTA). Under this 50/50 arrangement...
SKIOS for Sea Kings: Availability Contract Covers Through-Life Maintenance

Rapid Fire Dec. 20, 2013: Drawdown Cost/Benefit; UK Troop Levels

* The GAO on the forthcoming logistics costs of withdrawing from Afghanistan and what to leave vs. what to bring back: “Because the services have not consistently performed and documented analyses to support decision making concerning the return of excess major...