by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2008 | Airbus, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Public Partnering
Old: Gazelle(click to view full) On Jan 31/08, French Defence Minister Herve Morin authorized the first public-private partnership contract by the French DGA procurement agency. This kind of arrangement is becoming more common, especially in Britain, but France has...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 26, 2008 | BAE, Electronics - General, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Radars, USA
In late December 2007, BAE Systems signed a definitive agreement to sell its Surveillance and Attack business in Lansdale, PA to Cobham Defence Electronic Systems Corporation, for $240 million on a debt and cash free basis, payable on completion. The goodwill arising...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 25, 2008 | Legal, Policy - Procurement, USA
Protests, 2001-2007(click to view full) In “General bemoans glut of Air Force contract protests”, Government Executive magazine quotes Gen. Bruce Carlson, the commander of US Air Force Material Command [link added by DID]: “[he said] that the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 25, 2008 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) With delays to satellite programs forcing costly civilian bandwidth buys, and breakthrough programs like TSAT still a distant reality, the US military is looking for ways to deliver bandwidth to the front lines. Urban areas and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 21, 2008 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia
Titanium In January 2008, Boeing signed a billion-dollar titanium deal with Russia’s Rosoboronexport military export agency, which had acquired top global titanium producer VSMPO-Avisa. While the 1973 Berry Amendment tends to exclude this titanium from the US...
