Dassault Rafale(click to view full) In December 2008, the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault announced that France's Structure integree de maintien en condition operationnelle des materiels aeronautiques du ministere de la Defense (SIMMAD) had signed a 10-year...
TRICARE is becoming a lot more expensive for the US Department of Defense, in part because of greater usage, and in part because of benefits increases with long-term cost implications. Military health care costs, which have doubled since 2001, could double again by...
HI, Bye: VP-4 deploys(click to view full) Boeing received a $136.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the US Navy for 2 C-40A Clipper aircraft. Work will be performed in Renton, WA (88%); and Wichita, KS (12%) and is expected to be complete in February 2011. This...
F-35A AA-1(click to view full) The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; the F-35B Short...
Land Rover Snatch(click to view full) In the USA, a controversy erupted in early 2008 when USMC whistleblower Franz Gayl's "The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Case Study" [PDF] blamed a slow military procurement system for delays in fielding mine-resistant...
CG-47 modernization(click to view full) USS Bunker Hill, a CG-47 Ticonderoga Class AEGIS cruiser, was launched in 1985. The Ticonderoga Class remains critical to American seapower, functioning as the fleet's most powerful anti-air defense, and contributing substantial...
CACI International Inc. recently announced a prime contract with a ceiling value of $452 million, in order to continue providing mission support services to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) under the GENESIS III contract. the contract is...
The US military's DARPA research agency is sponsoring research under the Biofuels-Cellulosic and Algal Feedstock program. Its goal is to develop the technical capability and commercial experience to produce an affordable JP-8 surrogate fuel from algae, in order to...
F-35A: Dutch treat?(click to view full) The Netherlands is a notable player in the multinational F-35 program, as one of only two Tier 2 program partners, and the future site of a European maintenance hub. The government is still deciding whether it will join the...