Latest updates: US Marines wearing ’em out. F/A-18C to Afghanistan(click to view full) In October 2008 a fleet-wide inspection program and limited grounding became necessary after aileron hinge cracks are discovered in some of the US Navy’s 630 or so...
TARS, deployed(click to view full) An aerostat is a lighter-than-air craft that relies on a ground tether for movement and sometimes for electrical power as well, as opposed to blimps which are self-powered, free-flying craft. The US military has slowly come around to...
US F-16(click to view full) In Smithsonian Air & Space magazine’s 10-year, post-9/11 look at the US Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Scott Van Beek talks about the US ANG’s coming pilot crunch, driven by trends in civil aviation, and by the...
More than copiers?(click to view full) At the end of August 2011, Xerox Corp. in Rosemont, IL received a 5-year, $103 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for digital copiers and accompanying services, at Defense Logistics Agency...
Sniper event gear(click to view full) At the end of August 2011, the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Warren, MI issued a maximum $475 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity multiple-award-contract for the Army Targetry Systems program....
