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Inflection Point: How Much Is That (F-35) Fighter in the Window?

Inflection Point: How Much Is That (F-35) Fighter in the Window?

by | May 6, 2010 | Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, USA

F-35A #AF-2(click to view full) The Battle over the F-35 fighter’s costs is quickly becoming a strategic issue for Lockheed Martin. The firm is worried that the rising Pentagon cost estimates per fighter will spook both domestic and foreign buyers, right in the...
Inflection Point: How Much Is That (F-35) Fighter in the Window?

Rapid Fire 2010-05-05: RG-32M for Finland

by | May 4, 2010 | Alliances, ATK, BAE, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, General Atomics, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Nuclear Weapons, Radars, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, United Technologies, USA

* 2 months after its 1st request, the Pentagon asks for another 5 month extension, in order to negotiate a 3rd multi-year procurement deal for Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet family fighters. Tough sledding, or just bureaucrats stalling? * BAE providing 16 RG-32M...
Inflection Point: How Much Is That (F-35) Fighter in the Window?

The Australian Debate: Abandon F-35, Buy F-22s?

by | May 3, 2010 | Australia & S. Pacific, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Spotlight articles, T&C - RAND Corp.

F-22s for Australia?(click to view full) In their October 2006 article, “Rapped in the Raptor: why Australia must have the best,” Australian newspaper The Age reported that: “[Recently] Retired RAAF air vice-marshal Peter Criss has put aside usual...