Rapid Fire June 19, 2012: Long Contract Vehicles

Rapid Fire June 18, 2012: India to Ease Offset Requirements?

Forthcoming acquisition reform in India may in effect ease the use of imported parts and decrease offset obligations, according to the Business Standard. Japan wants to know why a CV-22 crashed last week in Florida before getting any MV-22s on its soil. The US will...
Rapid Fire June 19, 2012: Long Contract Vehicles

Rapid Fire June 15, 2012: US Defense Exports Booming

* US exports of defense products and services are seeing strong growth according to Andrew J. Shapiro, the Assistant State Secretary at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. FY 2011 record numbers (report in Excel format) will be easily beaten again this year,...
Rapid Fire June 19, 2012: Long Contract Vehicles

Sikorsky’s $7.4-11.6B “Multi-Year VII” H-60 Helicopter Contract

UH-60M: torch passed(click to view full) In 2005 a full-rate production decision to authorize more than 1,200 UH-60M aircraft was scheduled for 2007, and indeed, on Dec 12/07, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. signed a 5-year, multi-service contract in Huntsville, AL for a...