Last June the English government moved to completely privatize aircrew training with a contract award to a consortium of VT and Lockheed Martin. This contract is part of a movement to using civilian companies running all training for the UK armed forces. A massive, almost $20 billion contract was signed with Metrix to conduct this overall program, the defence training review. This consortium...
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Aviation Week reports that the Navy plans to cut $200 million form the E-2D carrier based radar plane’s procurement budget in 2009 and 2010. Northrop is the maker of these aircraft. The E-2D is an upgrade to the E-2C that have been used by the U.S. Navy and some foreign customers for three decades. The reason for the cut is to fully fund the Navy’s buy of the F-35 JSF advanced...
The Connecticut Post worries that the economic crisis and Obama administration may cut back on defense spending negatively affecting Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. The helicopter maker is now one of Connecticut’s major manufacturing industries and has seen robust production over the last several years. The U.S. Army has begun purchasing UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft as well as a new Marine...
When the U.S. government agrees to allow a company to sell equipment to a foreign nation there are usually End User restrictions placed. This is especially true of modern, advanced equipment. DefenseNews.com reports that the Indian government is not happy with the restrictions proposed on the recent C-130J aircraft and possibly on the P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft. U.S. companies have...
A few days ago Congressman Murtha, the powerful Democratic head of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for defense, suggested awarding a contract to Boeing and EADS to buy tankers. This is a plan fraught with issues especially for a small buy. Now the Pentagon has come out and said that it is not a good idea. Reuters reports that the current acquisition head, John Young, says that a split...
In the Nineties as the Cold War ended and the Clinton administrations adjusted the defense budget from the highs of Reagan and Bush ‘41 the defense industry saw major contraction. Both the Federal government and contractors shed jobs, closed facilities and realigned business. There was a wave of mergers among the companies as Lockheed and Martin Marietta became Lockheed Martin; Boeing...
It looks like the House and Senate will agree on a “stimulus” bill of $800 billion to $1 trillion. One of the issues that must be faced is how to deploy the money fairly, legally and ethically. The government can shovel money to anybody but face a chance that those getting it use fraud or lies to gain it. This happened with the post-Katrina aid where people in other states...
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) put out a press release objecting to one of Obama’s Executive Orders related to government contracts and unions. The press release is at PRNewswire.com here. Obama repealed an earlier rule by Bush that “prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements...
The GAO released a report saying that the U.S. Air Force neglects the defense of the United States proper to support overseas operations. The Hill reported on a Congressional Hearing into the report. One of the major issues is that the U.S. is trying to buy small quantities of F-22 and F-35 advanced aircraft to replace the F-15 and F-16 fighters currently used. The two older aircraft are...
The U.S. Government awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract to thirteen companies. PRNewswire reports that Harris Corporation was one of the companies qualified. Under the BPA the companies can compete for various orders of radios for the Departments of Agriculture, Interior and for the F.B.I Training Academy. Harris is a leading manufacturer of military radios for the world...
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