by Joe Katzman | Mar 16, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
MQ-1 maintenance(click to view full) The US MQ-1 Predator fleet is currently preparing for significant expansion, while the next-generation MQ-9 Predator B hunter-killers are beginning to see service in small numbers. Meanwhile, the existing fleet must be maintained....
by Joe Katzman | Mar 16, 2006 | BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M2 Bradley(click to view full) BAE Systems Land & Armaments in York, PA has received a delivery order amount of $187.3 million as part of a $227.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for repair of desert damaged vehicles. DID has discussed the maintenance overhang...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, People, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations
DID has covered a number of efforts, inquiries, and discussions regarding defense acquisition reform. With bipartisan Congressional concern still revving hot over the Defense Procurement Cost Spiral, this issue isn’t going away. Today, DID features three items...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Europe - Other, France, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies
FREMM drawing(click to view full) DID has covered the Franco-Italian FREMM multi-role frigate project in the past. While discussing one of the program’s rockier periods, we noted the Italian push for the cheaper but lower-performance Avio LM2500 turbine (GE...
