by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, USA
The U.S. Army Engineer District in Philadelphia has a background page about dredging that explains the rationale and the different options. It’s a frequent subject of military contracts, and is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to maintain...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Budgets, China, Issues - International, Official Reports
Red flag to abull defense market As was the case in the communist Soviet Union, China’s official military budget and real military budget are not the same thing. Many items are hidden under other ministries, or simply not reported truthfully in the absence of...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Airbus, Boeing, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, Projections & Assessments, Rumours, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, Transport & Utility, USA
KC-X contenders(click to view full) As the $35 billion KC-45 tanker purchase flies into the teeth of Washington’s political battles, the Lexington Institute think-tank discusses the relative ratings of each contestant in the USAF’s aerial tanker...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 6, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, USA
Watts Constructors, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii won a $46.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to build a Communications Center at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific, for Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Work will be performed in Wahiawa, Hawaii,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 5, 2008 | Airbus, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement
Finnish NH90:1st flight(click to view full) It has been a long road for Finland’s NH90-TTH battlefield transport helicopter program. The 2001 Nordic Group contract was intended to replace Finland’s 4 Russian Mi-8 medium helicopters and 8 MD500 light...
