by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Legal, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
CN-235 & larger C-295(click to view full) Recently, DID articles have reported on the USA’s move to block a proposed $100 million Israeli update of Venezuela’s American-bought F-16s, and also on a $2 billion Spanish sale to Venezuela of 12...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Security & Secrecy, Security Contractor, Support Functions - Other, USA
EOD Technology Inc. in Lenoir City, TN received a $5.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for Internal Security Operations at Victory Base Complex, Iraq. the contract will expire on Aug. 27, 2006. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on Nov. 20, 2005, and seven...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Design Innovations, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Private, Radars, Signals Radio & Wireless, University-related, USA
AN/APG-77 Test In yesterday’s issue, DID covered a request from Australia’s military for information re: combat ID and forward air controller equipment, in preparation for a procurement initiative in that area. Seems only fair that the sharing should go...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2006 | BAE, Contracts - Intent, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Procurement Innovations, Rolls Royce, Support & Maintenance
GR7 Harrier II(click to view full) DID has covered the performance of Britain’s Harrier IIs before, and also Britain’s procurement trend toward “Future Contracting for Availability,” i.e. all-encompassing, performance-based lifecycle...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2006 | Electronics - General, Expeditionary Warfare, Field Innovations, Logistics Innovations, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
USS Kearsarge & LCACs(click to view full) One of the quiet factors driving maintenance costs in modern militaries is electronics; not just the cost of procuring them, but the cost of ‘repairing’ them. As these components have become more complex,...
