by Joe Katzman | Jan 29, 2007 | Alliances, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Turkey, USA
One more…(click to view full) A recent DID article covering the Eurofighter consortium’s offer to Turkey had noted that a key Defense Industry Executive Committee meeting on January 12, 2007 would determine that country’s continued involvement in the...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 29, 2007 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, USA
Sparta, Inc. of Lake Forest, CA, who was recently cited here as a key participant in the Project Hercules missile defense effort, recently received a $154.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee (level of effort) contract “for scientific, engineering and technical...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2007 | BAE, ECM, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Raytheon
EA-18G Growler(click to view full) A January 2007 analysis by Forecast International projects that the development and production of leading EW systems will be worth $24.6 billion from 2007-2017. Report author Andrew Dardine believes that the “rising need for...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2007 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech
F-35 AA-1 rollout(click to view full) Norway’s Forsvardsdepartmentet has issued a release saying that Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen has decided to sign the production phase agreement for the Joint Strike Fighter Program, joining Australia, Britain,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 26, 2007 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation
As Norway was saying that it will sign on to the F-35 Production Phase, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace was signing “long-term framework agreements” with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to manufacture composite products for the aircraft. The...
