Italian CH-47C(click to view full) Italy’s ARMAEREO procurement agency signed a EUR 900 million ($1.23 billion equivalent) contract to buy 16 CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters for the Italian Army, with an option for 4 more. These 16-20 “ICH-47Fs” will be...
The US Department of Defense has submitted its FY 2010 budget request for $533.8 billion. This is 4% more than the FY 2009 base budget, but that is no longer an apples-to-apples comparison, as explained below. Weapons procurement represents $107.4 billion, or about...
“Looking at Earmarks: Legislators for Sale?” examined some legislator’s records with respect to earmarks, provisions inserted into spending bills that target specific firms and products. That article looked at the range of earmarks given out, and...
Solid-fuel rockets are used in a wide variety of military applications, from decoy launchers, to anti-tank rockets, to aerial missiles and rockets, to nuclear ICBMs. Not to mention the potential civilian uses. Improvements to the state of the art can have a wide range...
The Straub-Martin joint venture in Bonsall, CA won a $92.25 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build 3 USMC Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) and a parking structure at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA. The MCAGCC is...
