by Joe Katzman | Sep 22, 2008 | Industry & Trends, IT - Software & Integration, Sharpen yourself
Business 2.0, in its June 2007 article “The 50 Who Matter Now” about trends transforming business: “It started as a rebellion against overwrought, Dilbert-style software development projects. Today the set of practices known as agile software...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 21, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
463L, loaded(click to view full) AAR Manufacturing, Inc., doing business as AAR Mobility Systems of Cadillac, MI received a firm-fixed-price contract for a maximum of $138 million to provide depot-level repair of 463L pallets. The contract covers a maximum quantity of...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 21, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Procurement Innovations, Sensors - Aquatic, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales
SSN Swiftsure Class(click to view full) In 2003, Thales UK received a 10-year contract to support the Royal Navy’s major sonar systems worth about GBP 100 million over the first 5 years. Over that period, equipment readiness rates have improved, and some overall...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 17, 2008 | Asia - Other, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Radars, Specialty Aircraft, Transformation
EMB-145 Erieye(click to view full) As Southeast Asia’s growing prosperity and political challenges filter down to it military buys, equipment in the region continues to become more sophisticated. An influx of modern submarines around critical ocean chokepoints...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 16, 2008 | India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying
As India rises to become a key defense market, and a future market player, a number of DID features have examined various aspects of its industry and procurement structure. To become a future market player, however, and to hold pace with rivals like China who are...
