by Joe Katzman | Aug 18, 2009 | Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Legal, Testing & Evaluation, USA
F/A-18Es over Afghanistan(click to view full) It’s a seemingly small change. Allow US Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets to cruise between 29,000 and 41,000 feet, where the thinner air would save the US Navy several million dollars per year in fuel costs –...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 12, 2009 | C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Other Corporation, Radars, Russia
Ka-31 AEW(click to view full) Indian media report that India and Russia will sign a contract for 5 more Russian Kamov-31 airborne early warning helicopters, after India’s Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) cleared the purchase on Aug 4/09. The rumored cost is...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 10, 2009 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Finmeccanica, Logistics Innovations, MBDA, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Underwater Weapons
Sting Ray onto EH101(click to view larger) The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a GBP 369.5 million (about $615 million), 10-year contract with BAE Systems Insyte to support and maintain the Royal Navy’s light Sting Ray and heavy Spearfish torpedoes. The...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 10, 2009 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Partnerships & Consortia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
AH-64D Longbow, armed(click to view full) “UAE’s 30-Helicopter Apache Upgrade Program Underway” described the UAE/Dubai’s efforts to upgrade its attack helicopter fleet, while “UAE Ordering Weaponized UH-60M ‘Battlehawk’...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 2, 2009 | ABM, Boeing, Budgets, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Rolls Royce, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
On July 30/09. the US House passed its “H.R. 3326: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010” by a crushing 400-30 vote. Reconciliation with the Senate’s S. 1390 bill will happen in committee, before the final joint bill can be sent to the...
