by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2007 | Industry & Trends, People, Policy - Personnel, USA
(click for issue) The Spring 2007 issue of Crosslink Magazine focuses on the state of the US Aerospace industry’s technical workforce – but many of its articles’ topics and conclusions could easily apply to the defense industry as a whole: “As...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Eng. Control Systems, Engines - Aircraft, United Technologies, USA
F100-PW-220(click to view full) United Technologies subsidiary Pratt and Whitney Incorporated of Hartford, Conn. received a contract for $52.3 million, in exchange for 1,051 Digital Electronic Engine Controls VI for the F100-PW-220/220E engine fleet which powers many...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2007 | Contracts - Modifications, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, USA
Logistic Systems International Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. received an $8 million modification to a previously awarded $10 million firm-fixed-price contract for instructor-led training (N61339-06-C-0166, announced Aug 30/06). the modification exercises the options to...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2007 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Russia
Tajikistan(click to view full) Confronted by a waffling buyer, most vendors don’t immediately think of hostile acts a preferred sales tactic to close the deal. Putin’s Russia, on the other hand, seems to be taking exactly that approach as India remains...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, UAVs, USA
MQ-1 MTS turret(click to view full) Sept 13/07: Raytheon Company of McKinney, Texas received a firm-fixed-price contract for $86.1 million, in exchange for 27 AN/AAS-52 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems Model A (MTS-A) and 54 MTS-A Retrofits to support the MQ-1...
