by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Forces - Land, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, Project Methodologies
FCS Constellation(click to view full) DID has covered the USA’s $120+ billion Future Combat Systems program before, and recently noted questions regarding its survivability in urban warfare. Now the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued Report...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation
T55-714 airflow cutaway(click to view full) Honeywell International Inc. in Phoenix, AZ received a $71.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47 T55-714A engines and fielding kits. The T55-714A engine is pgrading the existing CH-47D fleet, and is...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
RQ-5 Hunter Back in August 2005, DID covered a $214 million contract for System Development and Demonstration for the Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – aka. the Warrior UAV, which leveraged technologies from the Predator UAV family to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, USA
Mid Eastern Builders Inc. in Chesapeake, VA won a $17 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a fuel pump house at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC. That base is home to the 4th Fighter Wing’s F-15E Strike Eagles, and the 916th Air Refueling...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2006 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
Rafale-M carrier launch(click to view full) The UK is the only Tier 1 F-35 partner aside from the USA, and with other participants wobbling and EU-related political pressures trying to pry members away, Britain’s ongoing participation matters a great deal to the...
