by Joe Katzman | May 13, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
In May 2012, Realization Technologies, Inc. in San Jose, CA received a $35.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to maintain, deploy, and sustain their Concerto software at existing sites. Corcerto is designed for managing multiple projects using Eli Goldratt’s...
by Editorial Staff | May 11, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Brazil, China, Daily Rapid Fire, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Legal, Polar Regions, RFPs, UAVs, USA
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is complaining that House Republicans want to fund stuff the military doesn’t need. In Australia, Shadow Minister for Defence David Johnston and Defence Minister Stephen Smith have similar disagreements on what the...
by Joe Katzman | May 10, 2012 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, France, Helicopters & Rotary
French Cougar SAR/SOF(click to view full) Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 Cougar helicopters during the May KADEX-2012 military exposition in Astana. Kazakhstan joins France, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
by Editorial Staff | May 10, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India
* Who says you cannot make a U-turn with an aircraft carrier? Early media reports were right (it happens!), the UK officially confirmed [PDF] that it will switch its JSF order from the F-35C to the STOVL flavor: “We expect HMS Queen Elizabeth to be handed over...
by Joe Katzman | May 9, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, GE, General Atomics, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, USA
USS Kidd [DDG-100](click to view full) The US Navy’s DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers are the backbone of their present and future fleet. Unfortunately, they have a problem. Two problems, actually. One problem involves keeping the fleet’s operating...
