by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
In June 2013, the US Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD issued a 5-year multiple-award contract worth up to $7 billion. Winners will compete for task orders to support the Army’s Software Engineering Center with development and systems...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Events, Intelligence & PsyOps, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Legal, Scandals & Investigations, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., T&C - Booz Allen, USA
* Glen Greenwald’s 1-2 punch scoop publicizing blanket capture of Verizon phone records, and the NSA’s Prism program to collect data from customers of American technology firms, has a 3rd shot: his source, Edward Snowden, stepped forward voluntarily. After...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Intent, ECM, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Radars, USA
RTAF F-16A(click to view full) As Thailand invests in its future air force, which includes 4+ generation JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighters and S340 AEW air control planes, it still needs to pay attention to its 18-plane supporting fleet of 1980s-era F-16A/B Block 15s. A...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Airbus, Alliances, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, USA
Finnish F/A-18D(click to view full) In 2007, Finland wanted Lockheed Martin’s stealthy AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles, in order to arm its F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters. Despite a history of good relations, in 2007, the US State Department said no. Fast forward to...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2013 | Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Issues - Political, Missiles - Ballistic, Textron, University-related, USA
* POGO’s Winslow Wheeler has just finished dissecting the F-35 program’s official costs, in a series for TIME’s Battleleand. Agree or disagree, it’s a substantive criticism. Summary? “PAUCs based on unachievable production numbers, APUCs...
