by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2010 | Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Saudi Arabia, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility
Saudi C-130(click to view full) Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense & Aviation & Inspectorate General has awarded Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) and its local and the Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC) partner a 3-year, $43 million...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 10, 2010 | Corporate Innovations, Guest Articles, Project Methodologies, Sharpen yourself
Guest Article by Mark R. Hamel and Charles J. Wolfe Tofukuji Reiun-inGaun-no-niwa(click to view full) Kaizen events often represent the initial rapid deployment vehicle for lean transformations. Effective events drive step-function improvement, momentum and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Other Corporation, Rolls Royce, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
T56 turboprop engine(click to view larger) The Allison (now Rolls Royce) T56 turboprop engine serves on a number of American aircraft, and must be kept flying via maintenance and spares contracts. Otherwise, the USA’s C-130E/H Hercules tactical transports, P-3...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Small Business, UAVs, USA
Small business qualifier OASYS Technology, LLC, an electro-optical specialty firm in Manchester, NH, received a $10.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an “unmanned airborne multispectral sensor suite for more advanced imaging technology in...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | Airbus, Avionics, BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, European Union (EU), Finmeccanica, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Thales, Transformation, UAVs
Hermes 450 -note civil reg. #(click to view full) Joint EDA/ESA contracts for research into UAV/satellite combinations. (Feb 8/10) ‘Swarming’ algorithms currently under development are trying to address the critical issue of ‘deconfliction’....
