by Joe Katzman | Jul 14, 2006 | Asia - Central, Issues - Political, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Headed for Iraq The US Army says its 5-year sole provider LOGCAP contract with Halliburton’s KBR unit will be put up for bids after its current phase ends later this year. According to Army figures, KBR has received orders totaling $17.1 billion since the start...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 14, 2006 | DARPA, Fuel & Power, Materials Innovations, RFPs, Science - Basic Research, USA
Reader Lisa Wright tips us to the fact that DARPA is interested in R&D proposals to develop a process that efficiently produces a surrogate for petroleum based military jet fuel (JP-8) from oil-rich crops produced by either agriculture or aquaculture (including...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Industry & Trends, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations
UK MoD Over the last couple of years, DID has noted the UK’s innovative “Future Contracting for Availability” life-cycle approach to equipment maintenance, and highlighted its use in a number of articles. That approach became a formal procurement...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2006 | Airbus, Boeing, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments
Italian Eurofighter(click to view full) “This report is intended to provide an objective basis for estimating the true costs of combat aircraft for their domestic buyers, at a time when manufacturers, locked in increasingly bitter competition on the export...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2006 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
UH-60+CMWS in Iraq(click to view full) On April 17, DID noted a $52 million contract to BAE for AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to protect Army fixed and rotary-wing aircraft against infrared guided missile threats. BAE Systems’ CMWS program...
