by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2007 | Africa - Other, BAE, Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions
The new RG-33L(click to view full) Most corporate mergers and acquisitions fail. Measured over 5 years, with the defining criterion as financial results, the failure rate is between 50-75% in most studies. A recent BAE OMC release, however, indicates that BAE may have...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Small Business, USA
F-22A over Ft. Monroe(click to view full) Small business qualifier Waterfront Marine Construction Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA won a $20 million firm-fixed-price contract for repair of a flood protection system and infrastructure at Fort Monroe, VA. Ft. Monroe has a...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, Forces - Marines, General Dynamics, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies, Trucks & Transport, USA
HMMWV, IEDed(click to view full) On February 26, 2007, “MRAP: Survivable Rides, Start Rolling” opened a window into the USA’s Mine-Resistant, Ambush Protected Vehicle competition for at least 4,100 vehicles to supplement vulnerable Hummers on...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2007 | Budgets, China, Issues - International
Red flag to abull defense market On March 4, 2007, Jiang Enzhu, the Deputy Secretary General and spokesman for the National People’s Congress, announced that China’s official military budget would grow 17.8% this year, to $45 billion. This continues a...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2007 | Engines - Aircraft, Issues - Political, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Russia
MiG-29 (click to view full) Russia’s RIA Novosti reports that state-owned jet maker RSK MiG now owns a 100% stake in Klimov, whose gas-turbine engines equip 95% of Russian helicopters, as well as the MiG-29/35 fighter; a Klimov engine was also intended to power...
