by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2010 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Force Structure, France, Transport & Utility
French AF CN-235(click to view full) France is facing an airlift crunch. In addition to the delays created by the A400M program’s cost growth and technical challenges, France will be receiving fewer A400Ms by 2020, in order to keep the program within existing...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2010 | Official Reports, USA
If you want to keep track of key Pentagon programs, Selected Acquisition Reports are an important resource. Shortly after the defense budget is submitted, the Pentagon releases details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes on a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat
CVF Upper Bow(click to view full) Babcock International Group already has a wide range of agreements with the British Royal Navy, including shipbuilding work on vessels that include the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, refit work for ships like HMS Ocean,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 31, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Medical, Other Corporation, Small Business, USA
$442 million in follow-on US military pharma contracts. (March 31/10) Troops require medication of all kinds as a way of managing chronic conditions, handling the wear and ills that are a constant risk on military deployments, etc. Unsurprisingly, militaries tend to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 29, 2010 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, USA
MPH in Balad, Iraq(click to view full) TV taught us what a “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” was, but a “Mobile Parts Hospital”? Like a MASH unit that can go wherever it is needed, the MPH is designed as a front line resource for patching things...
