by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2005 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Issues - International, Other Corporation, Rumours, USA
FAV F-16(click to view full) Citing members of the Israeli defense ministry, AFP quotes the Israeli newspaper Yedidot Aharonot to claim that pressure from Washington has now forced Israel to freeze a $100 million contract with Venezuela to upgrade its...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2005 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Air-Air, Raytheon
AIM-9M Raytheon Systems Co. in Tucson, AZ received a $29.4 million ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0003) for 300 AIM-9M Sidewinder short range air-air missiles and 10 captive air-training missiles for the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2005 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Small Business, USA
Katrina (click to view full) Small business qualifier Murillo Modular Group Ltd. in Lewisville, TX received a $7.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for Portable Classroom Buildings. Work will be performed in Baton Rouge, LA, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 21,...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 21, 2005 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Budgets, DARPA, Issues - International, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, USA
(click to view full) Imagine an aircraft that could lift 1-2 million pounds of cargo, then fly it up to 12,000 miles nonstop without needing a runway to land on. DARPA has. DID has too via our in-depth coverage of their WALRUS HULA (Hybrid Ultra Large Aircraft)...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 21, 2005 | BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Industry & Trends, Interoperability, Issues - Political, Lobbying, People, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Management, Project Methodologies, T&C - SAIC, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, USA
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee Chairman John McCain [R-AZ] has arguably been the bane of the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. He’s the most influential critic of its previous procurement relationship with...
