by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2009 | Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Policy - Procurement, USA
This animated Flash presentation has been making the rounds lately. It shows the structural changes to the American defense procurement process since 1971, as 14 waves of iterative reforms have changed the defense procurement process. It is also available from the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2009 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, USA
You’re coming where? Verizon Business Network Services Inc. in Ashburn, VA won a $2.5 billion under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) transmission services – Pacific II (DTS-P II)...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2009 | C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Ship, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Rockets, Signals Radio & Wireless, Simulation & Training, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, USA
Begun in 2001, IDEX in the United Arab Emirates has become the Middle East’s biggest defense show. The UAE is a significant buyer in its own right, as illustrated in “UAE Announces Deals at IDEX 2007,” which covered a range of deals for advanced...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2009 | Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GE, Heavy Bombers, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
F101 testing, AEDC(click to view full) General Electric Aircraft Engines of Cincinnati, OH recently received an estimated $214.9 million modification to a firm-fixed price contract. The contract will take care of GE sole source spares for its F101, F110, and F118...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 9, 2009 | Australia & S. Pacific, Fighters & Attack, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air, Testing & Evaluation
ASRAAM on RAAF F/A-18A(click to view full) Key advances have been made in short-range air-to-air missiles and work well in combination with helmet-mounted sights. The combination of new wide-angle ‘staring’ seekers, exponential growth in onboard computer...
