In October 2010, the Canadian government issued a Solicitation of Interest and Qualification to 5 short-listed firms, for the opportunity to be part of the Conservative Party government’s 30-year National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Up to 28 major ships...
AMX/A-1 light fighter(click to view full) In the late 1980s, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) and Aermacchi launched The AMX project, a joint Italian/Brazilian program to create a lead-in fighter trainer and light attack aircraft. The result was a...
Coping with Shutdown, In Their Own Way * Government shutdown update: no real news. Talks are shifting to the debt ceiling, but this could still drag on for several weeks as the US Treasury has cash on hand to muddle through until the end of the month or thereabouts. *...
