by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2006 | Issues - Political, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Preliminary details are leaking out concerning the “Duke” Cunningham corruption investigation; his resignation from Congress and plea of guilty in November 2005 were based on his activities as a member of the Congressional Defense Appropriations...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2006 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Transport & Utility, USA
C-295 hits American chill(click to view full) Defense Aerospace carries a report to the effect that a blogger campaign managed to block the sale of EADS-CASA’s military transport aircraft to Venezuela. Readers of such reports are reminded of DID’s...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, USA
AN/APG-77 Test Back in December 2005, “Elec Tricks: Turning AESA Radars Into Broadband Comlinks” covered some preliminary breakthroughs by Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, and discussed the implications. Their work involved using cutting-edge AESA radars as...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, Transport & Utility, USA
RAF C-130J & friends(click to view full) The privately-developed C-130J Super Hercules has been the focus of a great deal of scrutiny and even controversy, including a budgetary near-death experience and Congressional reinstatement over the Pentagon’s...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Interoperability, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) AAI Corp. of Hunt Valley, MD has now detailed 3 contracts announced by U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, AL on October 5, 2006. While the initial awards add up to $57.7 million, AAI states that their...
