Congress approved reprogramming for ISR
Filed under: Congress, Department of Defense, Federal Budget Process, IT, Military Aviation, Restructuring, U.S. Army, production program
DoD reported that all four of the appropriate defense committees approved the reprogramming for ISR assets. See a story here. The transaction will move $1.3 B from various Army, Navy and Air Force procurement programs to buy various systems to support current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The focus of the money will be UAVs and their support systems. The majority of the money came from Army tactical wheeled vehicles and some communications systems.
Canada expands helicopter options for Afghanistan
Filed under: Boeing, Canada, Contract Awards, Military Aviation, production program
The Canadian government announced today that they are taking steps to improve the aviation assets for their troops in Afghanistan. See a story here. Up to now the Canadian ground forces relied on either Allied lift or use ground transportation. Now they are leasing Russian Mi-17 and buying CH-47D and F aircraft. The CH-47D will be used immediately, but the CH-47F will be new construction and available in 2013. The country is also leasing and buying UAV assets to support intelligence and surveillance operations.
CH-47 said vandalized
Filed under: Boeing, Military Aviation, U.S. Army, crime, production program
Bump - Boeing employee arrested for vandalizing aircraft. Story is here.
In a way this is good news. If it had been a quality issue then it might delay restarting the production line as they worked out new procedures and where they had gone wrong. The other good thing is they discovered the damage before they were fielded. The CH-47 is being used a great deal in Afghanistan and Iraq, as are all Army aviation assets, but in Afghanistan it is key due to the high altitude which limit smaller helicopters.
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