by Joe Katzman | Mar 1, 2010 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GE, Logistics Innovations, Project Successes, Specialty Aircraft, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, USA
F/A-18F Super Hornet(click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, and has just taken delivery of its first operational EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. These buys are actually managed out of a common multi-year...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Northrop-Grumman, Sensors - Aquatic, Support & Maintenance, USA
AQS-24 loading, MH-53E(click to view full) Feb 25/10: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Annapolis, MD received a $49.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for services and materials for depot level repair and maintenance of...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 18, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, R&D - Contracted, Radars
RAF Eurofighter(click to view full) In February 2009, SELEX Galileo announced a GBP 19 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to develop and produce an initial Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar prototype. After rigorous ground and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 15, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Intent, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M109 Howitzer(click to view full) India’s artillery replacement programs may be stuck, but Pakistan has had more success. On Dec 16/05, The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Pakistan’s official request to buy 115 used M109A5 155mm...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2010 | Asia - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Events, Fighters & Attack, India, Specialty Aircraft
BAF F-7MB(click to view larger) Flight International reports that Bangladeshi planning minister A.K. Khandker has informed Parliament that the government intends to buy “a squadron” of fighters and 2 maritime patrol aircraft, as part of its 2010...
