by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2011 | C4ISR, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Israel, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, UAVs, USA
The UAV market’s low cost of entry is spurring manufacturers around the world to enter, or re-enter, the military aircraft market as prime contractors. That’s also true in the USA, where former aviation powerhouses Northrop and Grumman have a stable of...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 5, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Japan, Legal, Memoriam, Mergers & Acquisitions, Surface Ships - Combat
* The Pentagon is considering updating Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate a “proposal adequacy checklist” for proposals in response to solicitations that require submission of certified cost or pricing data. Comments...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CN-235MPA Persuader(click to view full) In 2005, DID covered a report on Latin American arms procurement that highlighted Venezuela as the major arms buyer in the region. In November 2005, Defense-Aerospace.com translated a document (URL now broken) noting that...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 4, 2011 | Europe - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Rockets, USA
RAWS firing: Basra, Iraq(click to view full) In November 2011, the US Army combined with US Special Operations Command to place an $31.5 million order with Saab North America for their Carl-Gustaf M3 man-portable recoilless rifle, which fires 84mm rockets. It’s...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2011 | ATK, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Polar Regions, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Rockets, Satellites & Sensors, Textron, UAVs, United Technologies, USA
* JSF PEO Vice Admiral David J. Venlet said in an interview with AOL Defense that ramping up production quickly while completing tests was a “miscalculation” but he has to live with concurrency, though he questions the delivery pace. * Northrop...
