by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Surface Ships - Combat, Top Stories
ESSM LaunchRaytheon Co., IDS of, Portsmouth, RI received a $12.7M firm fixed price contract upgrades to modify existing Japanese MK 48 vertical launch units to launch more modern Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM). The contract provides for Ordnance Alteration...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Fighters & Attack, Lobbying, Official Reports, Top Stories, USA
F/A-22 Raptor The USA’s Government Accountability Office has released its report on the condition of the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programs, expressing concern at the state of both efforts. The GAO says the $10 billion in cuts in President...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Top Stories, USA
F119 Engine:Vectored ThrustUnited Technologies Corp. of East Hartford, CT received a $10M firm fixed price contract and cost-plus fixed-fee contract to provide 48 Lot 6 F119 jet engines and associated support. The F119-PW-100 is manufactured by the Pratt &...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Events, Fighters & Attack, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, Top Stories
F-15K [see video] The F-15K Strike Eagle made its first flight in St. Louis last week. Flown by Boeing Chief F-15 Test Pilot Joe Felock and Chief Weapons Systems Officer Rick Junkin, the F-15K completed an aggressive speed run easily surpassing Mach 2, accomplished...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Top Stories, Transport & Utility, USA
MV-22 Osprey Despite threats of program cancellation in the Pentagon’s upcoming budget, the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office of Patuxent River, MD is being awarded an $8.4M cost-plus-award-fee delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement...
