by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Launch Vehicles, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, USA
SpaceX Falcon I Orbital Sciences Corp. in Chandler, AZ and Space Exploration Technologies in El Segundo, CA received a $100 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for Responsive Small Spacelift Launch Vehicles and targeted/low inclination orbit...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Legal, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations
Raytheon Co. announced that it placed chief financial officer Edward S. Pliner and an unnamed non-executive on leave as part of a proposed settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the same time that it announced that it had submitted a settlement...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2005 | Alliances, Asia - Other, China, Events, Fighters & Attack, India, Israel, Issues - International, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Scandals & Investigations, UAVs, USA
F-35 JSF Israeli defense industry executives are reporting that the U.S. has frozen Israel out of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter development of a program as punishment for its military cooperation with China, including its work on Harpy anti-radar attack UAVs acquired...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2005 | China, European Union (EU), Events, Industry & Trends, Legal, Lobbying
The heart of the matter The European Parliament is backing continuation of the EU’s weapons embargo to China, while other EU officials are stating that they intend to continue to press for its removal. Meanwhile, growing support of the ban from Britain, Denmark,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 19, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, UAVs, USA
The Boeing Co. in St. Louis, MO is being awarded a $14.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide “persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services for a Naval Expeditionary Strike Group deployment and Gulf Oil...
