Tinker Support Services of Anchorage, AK received an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for $267.4 million for Tinker Air Force Base Civil Engineering Services. At this time no funds have been obligated; funds will be assigned as services are requested...
Offshoring aerospace work to India is a growing trend, and the Indian defense market's combination of obvious opportunity and required industrial offsets has many foreign firms working to line up partners. Raytheon recently announced signed memorandums of...
S-70A, Austria(click to view full) The Dubai 2007 air show is in progress, which means a lot of multi-billion announcements for passenger aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. There are also a couple of military aircraft sales in the mix. Sikorsky has signed a direct...
(click to view full) Earmarks involve designating funds in spending legislation that must be used for a very particular purpose. While they can be a useful tool, they can also be a magnet for shady dealings and last-minute surprises. Indicted Naval ace and former...
Eurofighter, Spain(click to view full) Aviation Week's Ares reports that The European Parliament will vote on including military aviation in the EU's greenhouse gas emission trading scheme (ETS) during its plenary session in Strasbourg, France, this week. Military...
"Found a bunker!"(click to view full) BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions, Inc. of Washington DC received an $8.2 million contract for the ATAEM program. Their goal is to design, build and demonstrate a proof-of-concept system that can find and possibly...
F110-GE-129 testing(click to view full) The F-16 originally shipped with Pratt & Whitney's F-100 engine, giving it commonality with the USA's high-end F-15 Eagles. While the engine was a marvel of its time and its 1:1+ thrust-weight ratio offered the fighter strong...
AFREP, Davis-Monthan(click to view full) Tyndall Air Force Base recently put out a quick feature about AFREP, the US Air Force Repair Enhancement Program. AFREP collects and repairs miscellaneous aircraft parts, electronics and practically anything else people throw...
APG-79 AESA(click to view full) Market analyst firm Forecast International projects that the worldwide radar market will be worth $50 billion from 2007-2016, with at least 11.306 units produced. "The Market for Radar Systems," is based on a review of 107 radar...