(click to view PDF) DID’s FOCUS Article covering the US Army’s RESET maintenance programs shone a light on an under-appreciated aspect of defense spending. Now a Congressional Budget Office report says the US Army has received $38 billion to date to...
CH-149 Cormorant(click to view full) The Aerospace Division of Halifax-based IMP Group Ltd. recently received a second 7-year increment for its contract to maintain Canada’s search and rescue (SAR) helicopter fleet. This original contract, which was...
Rapier launch(click to view full) The previous GBP 36 million TRADERS(The Rapier Exchange of Repairable Spares) contract with MBDA was signed in March 2004. In August 2005, however, the MoD’s Land Guided Weapons Integrated Project Team (IPT) launched the Air...
RAF Typhoons(click to view full) Britain’s unusual maintenance approach for military equipment is called “future contracting for availability.” In English, this involves partnerships with contractors that establish fixed-price support services for...
