KC-45 impact by state
February 29, 2008 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
Northrop Grumman and EADS have this up on their site. It shows the state-by-state impact of the program job wise. So you might want to look up your state.
More KC-X reaction
February 29, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
Seattle PI on Union Reaction.
Seattle Times on Washington’s Congressional delegation reaction. Notice even the Democrats are unhappy – all DoD dollars are local.
Reuters on general Congressional reactions – Alabama happy.
California Fox station says the larger capacity of the KC-30 was key.
Spokane just wants new tankers to replace their KC-135 aircraft.
Northrop, EADS win Air Force tanker deal in upset
Boeing, which has been supplying refueling tankers for nearly 50 years, had been expected to win the deal.Reaction to the KC-X award
February 29, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
Here are some links that are commenting on the win by Northrop Grumman and EADS.
http://www.aero-news.net/ – KC-45A Wins Deal Over Boeing’s KC-767 Note: I think no matter what aircraft was chosen it would be called the KC-45A.
Wichita, KS News on MSNBC – Key phrase from Sen Roberts of KS: “”I am deeply troubled by the Air Force’s decision to award the KC-X tanker to a French company that has never built a tanker in its history. We should have an American tanker built by an American company with American workers. I can not believe we would create French jobs in place of Kansas jobs.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – “Tanker award caps tumultuous period” – Good round up of the history of the KC-X program.
Leeham Company LLC Analysis by Scott Hamilton – “Boeing will be out of the tanker business for the next 20-40 years if it loses the KC-45A
award, its spokesman predicted, which helps explain why Boeing is fighting so hard to win the competition.”
Oh yeah, how they feel at Northrop Grummand and EADS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX5oqEfAydg
Defense Focus: Betting on tanks — Part 4
Improvised explosive devices are now being hailed as the wonder weapon that may end the tank's supremacy on the battlefield.Air Force awards KC-X to team of Northrop Grumman and EADS
February 29, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
The Air Force announced today that the Northrop Grumman and EADS team won the KC-X contract. News story is here. This is a huge decision and marks a major change in US defense policy. Read more
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February 29, 2008 by admin · Comment
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Russia’s MiG hands 12 upgraded fighters over to Slovakia
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WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force's top two leaders testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the service's budget request for fiscal...
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Russia’s Bear bombers conduct patrol mission over the Atlantic
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MOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers have successfully conducted a 10-hour routine patrol flight over the Atlantic...
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Dogs of War: No stinkin’ oversight needed
Talk about not getting it. When it comes to issues of accountability, oversight and transparency in the private military and security industry -- once you get past the casually uninformed rhetoric of pundits and bloggers with too little knowledge -- there is actually a fair degree of consensus that, yes, there should actually be such a thing: not just in words, but deeds as well.Dogs of War: No stinkin’ oversight needed
Talk about not getting it. When it comes to issues of accountability, oversight and transparency in the private military and security industry -- once you get past the casually uninformed rhetoric of pundits and bloggers with too little knowledge -- there is actually a fair degree of consensus that, yes, there should actually be such a thing: not just in words, but deeds as well.Analysis: China’s nuke expansion at sea
Some high-resolution images of China's Type 094 SSBN have shed new light on this mysterious strategic missile nuclear-powered submarine of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Satellite photos released by Google Earth reveal two of these new submarines at the Huludao Shipyard in northeast China.Analysis: China’s nuke expansion at sea
Some high-resolution images of China's Type 094 SSBN have shed new light on this mysterious strategic missile nuclear-powered submarine of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Satellite photos released by Google Earth reveal two of these new submarines at the Huludao Shipyard in northeast China.Australian government now attacks F/A-18 buy
February 29, 2008 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Australia, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Restructuring, production program
Filed under: Australia, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Restructuring, production program
The Australian Defence Minister, Mr. Fitzgibbon, now has decided that the plan to buy F/A-18 and then JSF for the nation is a bad idea. Just a few days ago, here, he was applauding the F/A-18. He now states that the US aircraft were not necessarily the way to go to buy modern fighter aircraft. The options, though, were limited. Australia could have bought Russian, or the Eurofighter, or SAAB Viggens, I guess? But I don’t know if the cost would have been comparable. He continues to say that the country really wants F-22 aircraft, which is currently not allowable under US law, even though the US DoD have expressed some support for the idea.
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