JTRS AMF passes DAB

March 28, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Department of Defense, Federal Budget Process, IT, Military Aviation, development program 

The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Airborne, Maritime and Fixed (AMF) program passed its recent Defense Acquisition Board (DAB). See an article here. This means it can move on to the next phase of the process, most likely System Development and Demonstration. JTRS is a new programmable radio for all of the services. The Army is managing the system that will go in vehicles and be carried by troops. AMF is for aircraft, ships and fixed ground stations. Boeing is the prime contractor, and will most likely be awarded the contract for this next phase, System Design and Development.

Updated 3/28/08 - Fixed broken link.

Updated 3/29/08 - Clarified that no contract has been awarded yet.

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No word on KC-X yet

February 25, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics 

Bumped - Here is an Agence France Press article on the KC-X DAB and status.

The KC-X Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) was supposed to meet this afternoon. After a successful DAB the Air Force should be able to announce who won the contract. Sometimes it occurs right after the meeting, but it may take a few days. There was no Air Force contracts awarded when the 17:00 EST list came out. So the next chance should be tomorrow evening at the same time.

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