by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2011 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, MBDA, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Russia, Submarines
* Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday to reporters in Ankara that after downgrading diplomatic ties with Israel, he is now suspending defense ties between the two countries. Turkey is also asking most Israeli diplomatic personnel to leave...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 6, 2011 | Boeing, Events, Fighters & Attack, Support & Maintenance, USA
Latest updates: US Marines wearing ’em out. F/A-18C to Afghanistan(click to view full) In October 2008 a fleet-wide inspection program and limited grounding became necessary after aileron hinge cracks are discovered in some of the US Navy’s 630 or so...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 5, 2011 | Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA, Warfare - Trends
TARS, deployed(click to view full) An aerostat is a lighter-than-air craft that relies on a ground tether for movement and sometimes for electrical power as well, as opposed to blimps which are self-powered, free-flying craft. The US military has slowly come around to...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 5, 2011 | Fighters & Attack, Policy - Personnel, USA
US F-16(click to view full) In Smithsonian Air & Space magazine’s 10-year, post-9/11 look at the US Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Scott Van Beek talks about the US ANG’s coming pilot crunch, driven by trends in civil aviation, and by the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 1, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Other Corporation, USA
More than copiers?(click to view full) At the end of August 2011, Xerox Corp. in Rosemont, IL received a 5-year, $103 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for digital copiers and accompanying services, at Defense Logistics Agency...
