by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2006 | Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Transport & Utility, USA
YF-23: not included Defense Aerospace recently published a list of costs for US aircraft and helicopters, extrapolated from the Pentagon’s latest Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) tabled on August 10, 2006. A couple of important notes are in order to readers...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2006 | Force Structure, Forces - Naval, Leadership & People, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, USA
Adm. John B. Nathaman Defense News conducted an extensive interview with Admiral John Nathman, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command on Aug. 4, 2006, at Adm. Nathman’s headquarters in Norfolk, VA. Subjects discussed included how the job of Fleet Forces...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, USA
AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. in Honolulu, HI received a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with a base period of 6 years with up to 4 one-year options and a maximum ceiling amount of $250 million. This contract will provide the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2006 | BAE, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transformation
Bowman radios(click to view full) BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte), has been awarded a contract worth over GBP 200 million (about $350 million at current conversion) to design and manufacture the FALCON communications system for controlling combat...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2006 | Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Rumours, USA
F-15C: going multi-role?(click to view full) Back in January 2006, DID covered Israel’s second upgrade program for its F-15 A-D fleet, aimed at making them more versatile multi-role aircraft. At the time, DID noted that the Israeli efforts were a possible model...