by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Events, Forces - Space, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Japan, Legal, Outer Space, Satellites & Sensors
Not yet. Japan is finding itself hemmed in these days by increasingly hostile and dangerous neighbours. Whether the issue is the unstable Kim Jong-Il of North Korea with his drive for nuclear weapons and penchant for launching missile tests that travel over Japan, or...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Issues - International, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Specialty Aircraft, USA
AGM-84 Harpoon launch(click to view full) The Defense Security Cooperation Agency informed Congress of a request from Pakistan for 50 UGM-84L (submarine-launched), 50 RGM-84L (surface-launched), and 30 AGM-84L (air-launched) Block II Harpoon missiles; 5 Encapsulated...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, IT - Software & Integration, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, UAVs, USA
B-2 drops JDAM Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St Louis, MO received a $70 million cost-plus fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. This indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity basic contract is for aircraft integration for the Joint Direct Attack...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
F-111 on afterburners(click to view full) Lear Siegler Logistics International Inc. in Gaithersburg, MD received a $142 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity with fixed-price award-fee and cost-reimbursable contract line items contract modification. It...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Strategic, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
Stage 3…(click to view full) The Headquarters 526th ICBM Systems Wing at Hill Air Force Base, UT has issued a pair of cost-plus fixed-fee contract modifications. Their R&D effort is aimed at technologies that might be used in a replacement to the third...
