by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 9, 2012 | Airbus, ATK, BAE, Boeing, Corporation, Finmeccanica, General Atomics, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Industry & Trends, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, T&C - SAIC, Thales, United Technologies
Defense top contractors compared Defense Industry Daily surveyed more than 400 executives, asking them their opinions on the top defense contractors based both on their personal experiences and general impressions. The results show that defense contractors on average...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 8, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, DCNS, France, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat
De Gaulle battlegroup(click to view full) In late 2012, DCNS signed an EUR 221 million contract with the French Navy’s Fleet Support Service (SSF) for another 4 years of support services to France’s lone aircraft carrier, the nuclear-powered FS Charles de...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 8, 2012 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Naval, France, Germany, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Russia, USA
Last before Flight III The US Navy commissioned USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) which will be homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Before the Navy restructured its surface combatant plans in 2009, the destroyer was expected to be the last of the Arleigh Burke class. John...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 7, 2012 | Ammunition, ATK, Domestic Security, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, USA
A single plant, dating from World War 2, still provides almost all of the US military’s small arms ammunition (up to 12.7mm). The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri has been operated by ATK for a long time, and was the USA’s only facility until...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 5, 2012 | Daily Rapid Fire, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Lobbying, Logistics, Navistar, People, RFPs, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The Pentagon has paid $188M in container detention fees that went back to 2006 in just the past few months, according to USA Today. Minimizing these fees is much more complicated than the article makes it out to be. Of course rent-to-own costs more than outright...
