by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2007 | Fighters & Attack, France, Interoperability, Issues - International, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Rumours, Saudi Arabia
Rafale: dark horse?(click for cutaway view) In December 2006, The Business online reported that the Saudi government was in talks to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from the French, regardless of how ongoing issues with the Eurofighter Typhoon contract were resolved. The...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier LTM, Inc. in Havelock, NC received a $24.9 million ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-01-D-0101) to exercise an option for approximately 353,600...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Alliances, Events, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Issues - International, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, USA
F-35A head-on(click to view full) Israel’s relationship with the F-35 program has been rocky at times, but its re-admittance restored its Security Cooperative Participant status in the program, and the IAF still plans to buy about 100 F-35s to replace much of...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, USA
Mechanical dredge(click to view full) Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in Oakbrook, IL won a $61.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Port Jersey Channel in Jersey City, N.J. Work is expected to be complete by April 30, 2009. There were...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 25, 2007 | Avionics, Britain/U.K., Fighters & Attack, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Testing & Evaluation, USA
HMDS, testing(click to view full) DID recently covered the JHMCS helmet-mounted display system that equips American “teen series” fighters around the world, and explained its importance to air combat in the 21st century. The Elbit Systems/ Rockwell-Collins...
