by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2005 | Boeing, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Field Reports, Fighters & Attack, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Sensors & Guidance, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AV-8B VTOL A decade ago, the AV-8 Harrier was the most accident-prone plane in America’s arsenal. After a series of deadly accidents killed 45 of his fellow Marine pilots, engine program manager Lt. Col. Robert Kuckuk of the Marines’ Harrier program office...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, USA
MV-22 Osprey Hot on the heels of $27.8 million in development and testing contracts, the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office in Patuxent River, MD has received $134.6 million in spare parts contracts for the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft as it prepares for operational...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2005 | Alliances, Asia - Other, Boeing, Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Other Equipment - Land, Pre-RFP, Specialty Aircraft
Republic of Korea (ROK) Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung recently said he aims to increase the defense budget to 3.2% of the total gross domestic product by 2008 from the current 2.8%, a 12.5% increase in relative terms even before economic growth is factored in. Some...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Logistics, Naval Equipment, Raytheon, USA
Tough deployment. Raytheon Technical Services Co. in Burlington, MA through its subsidiary, Raytheon Technical Services Guam Inc., received a $40.2 million modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-quantity, time and materials provisions...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2005 | Boeing, Events, Lobbying, Scandals & Investigations, Space, USA
Delta IV-HeavyRocket Launch, 2004 On March 22, 2005, the U.S. Air Force announced that it would soon award contracts for 18 to 24 rocket launches. A pre-solicitation notice explains that the government should award the contracts on or before Oct. 1, 2005. These...
