by Joe Katzman | Mar 20, 2007 | Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Methodologies, USA
Takeoff: F-35, or costs?(click to view full) The US Government Accountability Office releases its latest report covering the F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter program. They offered their assessment and made their recommendations, but the USAF...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 20, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Fighters & Attack, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation
LITENING III on GR4(click to view full) In September 2006, QinetiQ was assigned the system integrator role for an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) program to integrate RAFAEL’s LITENING III surveillance and targeting pods onto the RAF’s Tornado GR4...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 20, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
Wintara-Salihi Group Inc. in Fort Washington, MD received an $8.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for the combustion inspection, re-commissioning and start-up of 2 Siemens gas turbine units (V64 and V94) including the associated auxiliary systems and equipment at...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 19, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, T&C - EDS, T&C - SAIC, USA
In February 2006, “Small Businesses Succeeding As USAF’s $9B NetCents Contract Receives Promo Push” shone a spotlight on the Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) program. Recently, a Northrop Grumman-led team received a large NETCENTS award – a...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 19, 2007 | Budgets, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Lockheed LCS Concept(click for cutaway) Cost growth recently led to stop-work on Team Lockheed LCS-3 construction. Now, in the wake of a comprehensive two-month program review, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter had announced that he is prepared to lift the stop...
