by Joe Katzman | May 14, 2009 | China, India, Indonesia, Industry & Trends, Japan, South Korea
RSS Formidable andINS Brahmaputra(click to view full) Agence France Presse quotes naval consultancy AMI International, whose analysts are forecasting that Asian states will spend $60 billion to modernize their navies in the next 5 years. That amount is very similar to...
by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2009 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, USA
Italian CH-47C(click to view full) Italy’s ARMAEREO procurement agency signed a EUR 900 million ($1.23 billion equivalent) contract to buy 16 CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters for the Italian Army, with an option for 4 more. These 16-20 “ICH-47Fs” will be...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2009 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Think Tanks, USA
The US Department of Defense has submitted its FY 2010 budget request for $533.8 billion. This is 4% more than the FY 2009 base budget, but that is no longer an apples-to-apples comparison, as explained below. Weapons procurement represents $107.4 billion, or about...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2009 | Issues - Political, Legal, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA
“Looking at Earmarks: Legislators for Sale?” examined some legislator’s records with respect to earmarks, provisions inserted into spending bills that target specific firms and products. That article looked at the range of earmarks given out, and...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Rockets, USA
Solid-fuel rockets are used in a wide variety of military applications, from decoy launchers, to anti-tank rockets, to aerial missiles and rockets, to nuclear ICBMs. Not to mention the potential civilian uses. Improvements to the state of the art can have a wide range...
