by Joe Katzman | Apr 25, 2012 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - under 20mm direct, Helicopters & Rotary, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Latest updates: DOT&E test report; Contract for IDWS improvements. RGS for V-22(click to view full) In the past specific and detailed allegations were made concerning the V-22 Osprey’s performance, testing flaws, and survivability issues in anything beyond...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 25, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
C-9B Skytrain II(click to view full) In April 2012, King Aerospace, Inc. in Addison, TX receives a not-to-exceed $11.1 million indefinite-delivery requirements contract to support 6 C-9B aircraft. This effort includes base site operations, depot planned maintenance...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2012 | Budgets, Canada, Contracts - Intent, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, USA
* The GAO(Government Accountability Office) studied how the fast capability procured via joint urgent operational needs ended up being fielded. Such fulfillment amounted to at least $76.9B for FY 2005-10 according to DoD. Some programs such as the the MRAP Recovery...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 24, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, India, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Legal, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, Official Reports, People, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* The US Department of Justice announced that ATK Launch Systems Inc. agreed to a $37M settlement to resolve allegations that ATK sold dangerous and defective illumination flares to the Army and the Air Force. * Machinists from Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX, voted...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 23, 2012 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Other
ST’s “LST” & landing craft(click to view larger) In November 2008, ST Engineering subsidiary Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), reported that they had “secured a contract in a basket of currencies amounting to about...
