WARS UPDATE: The New Threats To Peace
WARS UPDATE: The New Threats To Peace
ELECTRONIC WEAPONS: Azerbaijan Pokes Russia In The Eye
WINNING: The Tax On Low Taxes
Contracts for December 31, 2012
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News
ON POINT: “I’ll Gladly Pay You Tuesday for a Hamburger Today”
PHOTO: Amphibs Looking For A Ride
Al-Qaeda puts a bounty on a U.S. ambassador’s head
Filed under: Industry Analysis, Syndicated Industry News
Despite End of C-17 Production Boeing Still Generating Revenue
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Events, FMS, Military Aviation, production program, Services, U.S. Air Force
The C-17 has been the standard strategic transport for the U.S. Air Force for the last two days. Flying alongside the much smaller C-5 fleet it has flown thousands of missions carrying cargo and passengers in support of Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress and the Air Force decided to end production for the Air Force a few years ago although there are still some open Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases and hopefully a few more remaining. Even so the C-17 will remain in U.S. service for several more years.
Despite the lack of production orders Boeing (BA) is still able to generate revenue from the platform through maintenance, retrofit and service contracts with the American defense department. They were just awarded a ten year contract for software, hardware and weapon system upgrades worth almost $900 million.
In most cases these days the military rarely buys full data rights to a weapon system due to the prohibitive costs involved. This means that many times the OEM receives the bulk of the support and sustainment contracts. In the end these can easily dwarf the value of the production contract.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Blinker' Hall: Spymaster: The Man Who Brought America into World War I
INFANTRY: Two Battalions That Should Never Meet
SYRIA: No Surrender, No Negotiation, No Peace
MURPHY’S LAW: Conflicts That Matter, That You Hardly Ever Hear About
WINNING: The Truth, For A Change
PHOTO: Christmas Sub
LEADERSHIP: The Curse Of Affluence In Arabia
INDIA-PAKISTAN: The Price Of Peace
PHOTO: Operation Christmas Drop 2012
Russia Delivers Four MiG-29K Fighters to India in Dec.
Filed under: Industry Analysis, Military Aviation, Syndicated Industry News
Russian Air Force Gets First Six Su-35S Fighter Jets
Filed under: Industry Analysis, Military Aviation, Syndicated Industry News
BOOK REVIEW: The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944
IRAQ: The Fatal Fantasy
INFORMATION WARFARE: Making The Lie Die From Exposure
LEADERSHIP: Dynastic Politics In The Chinese Empire
Contracts for December 28, 2012
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News