by Joe Katzman | Oct 17, 2012 | Asia - Central, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA
US SOCOM “U-28A”(click to view full) In October 2012, Sierra Nevada Corp. in Sparks, NV received a contract for 18 uniquely modified Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft, which will be used by Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces. Sierra Nevada will handle...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 17, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, China, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Radars, Russia, T&C - Booz Allen, Textron, United Technologies, USA
* Russia plans to significantly increase its defense budget, says Duma’s Defense Committee chairman Vladimir Komoedov. They are aiming for $97B or 3.7% of GDP by 2015. Possibly, if oil prices then are still high enough to support it. * The US House Armed...
