by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Issues - Political, Logistics, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Russia, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
C-17 vs. AN-124(click to view full) On March 23, 2006, NATO put a multinational airlift contract into effect. As things stand now, 6 giant Antonov An-124-100 strategic air lifters will be available to NATO members Belgium (just added), Canada, the Czech Republic,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Lockheed LCS cutaway(click to view full) The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a foreign military sales contract valued at nearly $5.2 million to conduct a nine-month Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) feasibility study for the Israeli Navy. Under the contract Lockheed...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S: Easy rider? Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $6.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00019-03-G-0003 for the development effort to modify, integrate, test, and qualify an active vibration...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, ECM, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA
“Slick 32″(click to view full) Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems in Goleta, CA received a $7.65 million firm-fixed-price order against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00164-04-G-8W01 for the restoration of three AN/SLQ-32(B)(V)(2) and two...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2006 | Budgets, Forces - Naval, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Transformation, USA
DID reader Lee Wahler points us to Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter’s recent address to the annual meeting of the Navy League [PDF format], which focused on the problem of naval shipbuilding costs. DID has covered this issue before, but Winters’ speech...
