by Joe Katzman | Dec 18, 2008 | Fighters & Attack, France, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Support & Maintenance
Dassault Rafale(click to view full) In December 2008, the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault announced that France’s Structure integree de maintien en condition operationnelle des materiels aeronautiques du ministere de la Defense (SIMMAD) had signed a...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 18, 2008 | Issues - Political, Legal, Medical, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, USA
TRICARE is becoming a lot more expensive for the US Department of Defense, in part because of greater usage, and in part because of benefits increases with long-term cost implications. Military health care costs, which have doubled since 2001, could double again by...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Transport & Utility, USA
HI, Bye: VP-4 deploys(click to view full) Boeing received a $136.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the US Navy for 2 C-40A Clipper aircraft. Work will be performed in Renton, WA (88%); and Wichita, KS (12%) and is expected to be complete in February 2011. This...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Events, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Think Tanks, Transformation, USA
F-35A AA-1(click to view full) The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; the...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Events, Field Reports, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Trucks & Transport
Land Rover Snatch(click to view full) In the USA, a controversy erupted in early 2008 when USMC whistleblower Franz Gayl’s “The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Case Study” [PDF] blamed a slow military procurement system for delays in fielding...
