September 2006: V-22 Osprey Contracts

September 2006: V-22 Osprey Contracts

(click to view full) The V-22 Osprey’s history has been long, and troubled. The aircraft remains controversial despite a $200 million order for 3 MV-22s in August 2006; the forced abort of a direct-deployment flight to the 2006 Farnborough Air Show has been the...
September 2006: V-22 Osprey Contracts

Up to $750M in Weapons & Support for Iraq

Iraqis train: M240B, PKMs(click to view full) The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the US Congress regarding a pair of requests from the government of Iraq. These requests include an extensive range of small arms, ammunition, and related...
September 2006: V-22 Osprey Contracts

$5M MagCanica SBIR III Award to Develop “Innovative Gas Turbine Engine Propulsion”

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ has just given small business qualifier MagCanica, Inc. of San Diego, CA a not-to-exceed $5 million Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program contract for Topic N01-024: “Innovative...