by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
CH-53E with slung load(click to view full) Breeze-Eastern in Union, NJ received a $9.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for repair, overhaul, and test and evaluation of various cargo hooks, winches, and other components used...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 14, 2005 | Alliances, BAE, Boeing, C4ISR, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Legal, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Radars, RFPs, Rumours, South Korea, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-737 Wedgetail(click to view full) South Korea appears to be leaning toward some clear choices for its Korean Helicopter Program (KHP) utility helicopter competition, and its E-X airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft acquisition program. The projects have a combined...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Rumours, USA
Ch-ch-ch-changes… Dan Dupont of Inside Defense (see their special Budget Blog) emails us to note that US Department of Defense is cutting $1.1 billion from the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey program, and moving to implement the cut in the FY 2007 budget...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Lockheed Martin, Project Management, Project Methodologies, Radars, USA
AEGIS Combat Control(click to view full) DID has covered Australia’s 3-ship, A$ 6 billion (USD $4.5 billion) SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyer program in some depth before. The project continues to move forward, with Australia placing an A$ 1 billion (USD $750...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 13, 2005 | Airbus, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, France, India, Legal, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Rumours, Russia, USA
F/A-18E, Parked(click to view full) Flight International reports that US manufacturers are trying to persuade the Indian government to ease proposed new offset requirements that would make it difficult for them to compete in India’s lightweight fighter...
