by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2010 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Force Structure, France, Transport & Utility
French AF CN-235(click to view full) France is facing an airlift crunch. In addition to the delays created by the A400M program’s cost growth and technical challenges, France will be receiving fewer A400Ms by 2020, in order to keep the program within existing...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 5, 2010 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, France, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other
Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Center Atlantic awarded M.C. Dean Inc. in Dulles, VA a $75 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N65236-07-D-5884) to support SPAWAR command,...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 4, 2010 | Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Legal, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Precision Attack, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA, WMD Proliferation
* Iran buys nuclear enrichment gear through China’s Jinzhou Group. * China buys 15 batteries of S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles for $2.25 billion from Russia. Reuters | RIA Novosti | Bloomberg * New UK Military Aviation Authority, which grew out of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2010 | Official Reports, USA
If you want to keep track of key Pentagon programs, Selected Acquisition Reports are an important resource. Shortly after the defense budget is submitted, the Pentagon releases details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes on a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 4, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat
CVF Upper Bow(click to view full) Babcock International Group already has a wide range of agreements with the British Royal Navy, including shipbuilding work on vessels that include the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, refit work for ships like HMS Ocean,...