by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Intent, Policy - Personnel, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Welcome home…(click for article) In the wake of the scandal described last week in “YouTube Video Leads to Fixes at Ft. Bragg,” the US Army committed itself to walk through inspections of all its bases. On May 7/08, Army Secretary Pete Geren said...
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2008 | C4ISR, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, Singapore, USA
Sniper ATP(click to view full) Singapore has used RAFAEL’s LITENING surveillance and targeting pods on its F-16s for a number of years. In 2006, however, the city-state elected to equip its new F-15SG Strike Eagles with Lockheed Martin’s long-range Sniper...
by Joe Katzman | May 8, 2008 | Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Transport & Utility, USA
Reinforcements coming?(click to view full) If current plans are followed, 2 major military aviation programs will close their production lines in 2009. This is not a decision to be taken lightly. Restarting a shuttered production line can cost billions of dollars....
by Joe Katzman | May 8, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, USA
Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc. in Houston, TX, which is now an independent company, received a $24.6 million firm-fixed price and cost-reimbursement contract for Kosovo support services. Work will be performed in Texas, Germany and Kosovo, and is expected...
by Joe Katzman | May 7, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
Hill AFB in Utah has just issued a $1.5 billion multiple-vendor, indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract to provide “support and source for competitive [US] Air Force and [Defense Logistics Agency] land gear (709 Air Force items, and 371 DLA...
