LEADERSHIP: The Captain is a Prince
Raytheon’s numbers come in very good
Raytheon reported increased sales for 2007 with a solid fourth quarter. Sales were $6 B for the year. Profit in the fourth quarter surged 84% to almost $1.50 a share. See Bloomberg.com for more information. The company also raised its 2008 forecasts by a minimum of $300 M.
Norwegian military cleared in investigation
In a switch three Norwegian naval officers were cleared of taking kickbacks from Siemens related to contract awards. The three had gone on a golf outing to Spain, I guess all senior sailors are alike no matter what the country, that Siemens paid for. They were exonerated of not knowing who paid for it. Siemens did win some contracts from the Norwegian government at the time. See this article for more.
Indian investigators claim former Navy chief received kickbacks
In the continuing saga that is Indian defense contracting comes word that the former head of the Navy, Admiral S M Nanda is being investigated for kickbacks as part of the deal to buy the former Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov. See The Times of India article for further sordid details. It turns out that the admiral’s son was acting as a broker for various deals including this one.
Boeing to invest in Canadian companies as offset for C-17 buy
Under Canadian law Boeing will invest some $150 M Canadian in various companies as part of an offset for being awarded the contract for 4 C-17 aircraft. See the story here in The Star Phoenix. The law requires Boeing to invest 100% of the contract value in Canada.
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Australian company Austal awarded Navy contract for ship design
According to this press release, Austal was awarded a $3.3 M Australian contract to do design and development for the US military under the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) program. There may also be work related to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as well.
Defense Focus: FCS follies — Part 4
Every fundamental mistake that was made in the disastrous Future Intelligence Architecture program is now being repeated in the Future Combat Systems projects -- the main difference being the FCS will cost at least 50 times as much.
‘Cyber Storm’ war game tested government’s hacker defenses
Documents detail $3 million, invitation-only simulation in February 2006 plausible attacks over five days.
Contracts for January 31, 2008
Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
Report: Military not prepared for homeland attack
Pentagon says it is putting together a specialized team to respond to catastrophic events.
Northrop Awarded $12.5M for Global Hawk operations
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. Integrated Systems Air Combat Systems of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $12,250,000.
This effort ...
Unmanned Aircraft Transform Combat Operations
KIRKUK, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2008 – They are known as the "commander's eyes on the battlefield." Coalition forces have used them to find roadside bomb...
Edwards Airman flies high as first military F-35 pilot
NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH, Texas -- An Edwards pilot became the first Air Force and government test pilot to fly the F-35 Lightning II during a tes...
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for LITENING Advanced Targeting Systems
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Jan. 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received a contract to deliver LITENING Advanced ...
F-35 Program Adjusts for Transition to Production - 250 layoffs
More than halfway through its 12-year development phase, with most engineering work complete, the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II progra...
Second Tranche of Eurofighter ASTA Programme Launched
Hallbergmoos - Following signature of the Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids (ASTA) Supplement 5 agreement between Eurofighter GmbH and NETMA on 13 Decem...
Outside View: New nuke doctrine — Part 2
If the Kremlin's new military doctrine endorses the General Staff's nuclear ideas, Russia will have new armed forces, with all the ensuing consequences.
TSA launches airport security blog
TSA Administrator says one goal is to explain why travelers must go through certain steps at checkpoints.
Canadian company Norsat awarded contract to support Irish troops in Chad
In the rather confusing world of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Ireland plans to deploy troops to Chad. As part of their support Norland was awarded a $1.6 M contract to provide satellite communications for these troops. See the press release here. This is probably a decent chunk of the Irish defense budget going to support this deployment. There was no description of how the troops were going to get there, but NATO has some lift ability.
General Dynamics Austrian subsidiary, Steyr Daimler Puch, given second chance on Czech contract.
The new Czech government had cancelled a contract with Austrian based Steyr Daimler Puch for armored vehicles due to the General Dynamics subsidiary’s problems with schedule and performance. The government has now decided to allow more negotiations on this contract. See CNNMoney.com for more information here.
McDonnell Douglas awarded Navy Harpoon contract
The US Navy awarded Boeing component McDonnell Douglas a $74 M contract for anti-ship missile Harpoon III development. See Forbes here for more information. The Harpoon is one of only two successful anti-ship systems developed in the west. The other being the French designed and produced Exocet. For more on the Harpoon system see this at Wikipedia.
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