by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, University-related, USA
Bell OH-58D, Iraq(click to view full) “Can the US Army Afford Helicopter Modernization?” covered a CBO report addressing the USA’s future helicopter procurement plans. Meanwhile, the existing fleet must still be maintained, lest rising maintenance...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2007 | Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Strategic, IT - Cyber-Security, Other Corporation, Submarines, Support Functions - Other, USA
Message received… Rockwell Collins, Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa received a cost plus award fee, firm-fixed price, cost plus fixed fee and time and material contract modification for $27.5 million. The award will “rebaseline” system development and...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2007 | Projections & Assessments, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, UAVs
(click for report page) In November 2005, “UAV Market to Top $13.6B from 2006-2014” covered a Forecast International report. In September 2006, a Teal Group market study added R&D, maintenance, related sensors, et. al. to their total, and came up with...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2007 | Budgets, Force Structure, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Transformation, USA
RAH-66 Comanche(click to view full) The Defense Procurement Death Spiral. It’s what happens when the costs of each successive generation of equipment rise faster than inflation, leading to smaller, longer production runs that inflate costs further and often...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2007 | Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Support & Maintenance, Thales
MRH90 arrives(click to view full) Thales Australia has signed a contract for A$ 100M (about $88.2 million) with Eurocopter subsidiary Australian Aerospace, for services related to Australia’s new “MRH90” helicopters under Project AIR9000 Phases 4...
