by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Delivery & Task Orders, Other Corporation, Training & Exercises, USA
Fix that pipe!(click to view full) When things go wrong on a naval ship, they can go very badly wrong indeed. Accidents, hostile fire, or hazardous conditions can force a crew to fight to save their vessel. Since humans don’t survive very well in open ocean,...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2008 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, R&D - Contracted, Singapore, Support & Maintenance, Transformation
RSAF AS332 on LSD-49(click to view full) Maintenance trends are one of the most underrated issues in the defense field. Britain is leading the way with “contracting for availability” approaches that pay fixed annual costs over a system’s lifetime,...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2008 | Delivery & Task Orders, Japan, Northrop-Grumman, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Japanese E-2C (click to view full) On Feb 25/08, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp in Bethpage, NY received two contracts via the US Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD related to Japan’s E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft....
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...
