Press Release — Statement on US Refueling Tanker Program Announcement
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Syndicated Industry News, Washington
Statement on US Refueling Tanker Program Announcement
WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The European Commission notes yesterday’s decision by Northrop Grumman / EADS not to submit a bid to the US Department of Defense for the US Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker contract.
“It is highly regrettable that a major potential supplier would feel unable to bid for a contract of this type. Open procurement markets guarantee better competition and better value for money for the taxpayer,” stated EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.
In February 2008, Northrop Grumman / EADS was selected and awarded the contract to provide aerial refueling tankers for the US Air Force in a fair and transparent competition. This was a positive sign for free and open competition across the Atlantic. This also seemed to indicate that successful bids are possible when European industry teams up with US industry and they are allowed to compete fairly. This award was subsequently cancelled at the end of 2008.
In December 2009, Northrop Grumman / EADS expressed serious concerns to the Department of Defense and the US Air Force on the proposed acquisition criteria for the contract.
The European Commission would be extremely concerned if it were to emerge that the terms of tender were such as to inhibit open competition for the contract.
The US defense trade balance with the EU has traditionally been significantly in the US’ favor. In 2008 the US exported $5 billion and imported only $2.2 billion worth of defense material, in line with a historic ratio of double exports to imports.
The Commission will be following further developments in this case very closely.
Source: Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Press Release — Boeing Selects Pratt & Whitney to Power Boeing’s Proposed NewGen Tanker to be Offered to U.S. Air Force
Filed under: Boeing, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Pratt & Whitney, Syndicated Industry News, Washington
Boeing Selects Pratt & Whitney to Power Boeing’s Proposed NewGen Tanker to be Offered to U.S. Air Force
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In an announcement made today, Boeing said it is offering the Pratt & Whitney-powered NewGen Tanker as its platform for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X recapitalization program. Boeing’s proposal calls for the NewGen Tanker to be powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PW4062 engine. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
“Pratt & Whitney is honored to partner with Boeing on the NewGen platform to be offered as America’s next generation of tankers for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X program,” said Bill Begert, Pratt & Whitney Vice President of Military Business Development and Aftermarket Services. “The PW4000 engine has an exceptional track record of performance and reliability with numerous commercial customers operating the engine globally. We are confident it will meet Boeing and the U.S. Air Force’s performance requirements and expectations.”
Pratt & Whitney has delivered more than 2,500 PW4000-94″ commercial engines that collectively have logged more than 100 million flight hours on commercial aircraft around the world. The PW4062 is the highest thrust model in Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000-94″ commercial engine family and is offered for both commercial freighter and military tanker applications. Two PW4062 engines, each delivering 62,000 pounds of thrust, will power The Boeing Company’s NewGen Tanker.
The PW4000 family of engines includes models with thrust ratings ranging from 52,000 pounds to 98,000 pounds. These engines have an outstanding safety record, high reliability, excellent performance and low maintenance costs. The PW4000 family meets all required emissions and noise regulations, and offers superior fuel economy and maintainability. The PW4000-94″ engine operates commercially on Boeing 747, 767 and MD-11 aircraft and the Airbus A300/310 series.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and practices, budget plans and availability of funding, and in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the companies’ Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.
Stephanie Duvall
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines
860.557.1382
stephanie.duvall@pw.utc.com
Source: Pratt & Whitney
Boeing Will Submit Proposal Based on K-767
Filed under: Boeing, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Kansas, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Syndicated Industry News, Washington
As it did in the last contest two years ago Boeing (BA) plans to submit a 767 based tanker. This is similar to the ones they are already building for Japan. To differentiate it from previous versions they are calling it a “NewGen” aircraft. Boeing will upgrade the basic 767 design with a new fueling boom and parts of the 787 cockpit technology.
There is still no formal word from Northrop Grumman (NOC) or EADS (EADS:P) if they plan to submit a proposal this time around.
Boeing Unions Support Single Source Contract
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Syndicated Industry News, Washington
According to The Seattle Pilot-Intelligencer the International Association of Machinists District 751 wrote to the new Build Them Both Coalition that they support Boeing’s bid for the KC-X. They were responding to a letter sent to them by Build Them Both. The IAM argued that a split buy would not meet their goals of maximizing Washington jobs.
New Group Advocating For Split Tanker Buy
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Syndicated Industry News, Washington
The Washington Post writes today about a new group buying advertisements to support the concept of buying KC-X tankers from both Boeing (BA) and Northrop Grumman (NOC). The group is called “Build Them Both” and its financiers have so far remained private. The idea of a split buy was floated last year but despite the ability to produce aircraft faster the related logistical costs are so high that the Air Force and DoD won’t consider it.
The article may be found here as the second part of the post.
Hopes High That This Try Is The End Of The KC-X Contest
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Syndicated Industry News, Washington
Over at BNET: Government where I also publish I have a piece on how this third try will be the winning one for the Air Force and Defense Department to get a new aircraft to replace the aging KC-135 fleet. There still remain many challenges with the contest as Northrop may not bid and Boeing has expressed concerns with the fixed price portion of the contract.
It will be an interesting next few months as this is all worked out. Next deadline is May 10th when proposals are due.
In Comparison To Those In Alabama Boeing Supporters Confident
Filed under: Airbus, Alabama, Boeing, Congress, EADS, KC-X, KC-X Tanker News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Syndicated Industry News, Washington
The Herald a newspaper in Everett, WA has an article discussing how happy and confident Boeing’s legislator supporters are with the new RFP released yesterday by the Air Force. This is the opposite as to how those from Alabama feel. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is quoted as saying, “Given a fair shot, Washington state’s workers will bring home this contract,” Murray said. “We have the skills, the technology, and the experience of having built the only combat-ready tanker to prove it.”
If Northrop Grumman (NOC) and its partner Airbus don’t submit a bid it will be hard for Boeing (BA) to not win the contract. Hence the happiness of their supporters.
AVI BioPharma Gets Contract To Work On Counters To Possible Biological WMD
Filed under: AVI BioPharma, Business Line, Contract Awards, DTRA, Events, S&T, Services, States, Washington, development program, medicine
The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded AVI BioPharma a contract to work on a drug to counter the Junin virus. There are concerns that this virus could be weaponized and used as a biological agent. The contract is worth over $11 million.
The contract is part of a program to develop measures to protect U.S. troops and civilians from Junin, Ebola and the Marburg viruses. AVI BioPharma Inc. is a company based in Washington state that is working on drugs based on RNA. They are also working on treatments for “muscular dystrophy and for the treatment of cardiovascular restenosis” as well as various viruses like Junin.
Obviously over the last several years the U.S. Government is concerned with treating populations as well as their military and civil servants fro these kind of diseases. Not only are their operations in parts of the world where these are more common Ebola and other blood diseases are a threat for use as a WMD. There will probably be many other contracts for this kind of work awarded over the next few decades.
Washington State Attorney General’s Office Awards Contract To Applied Technical Systems For Data Mining Solution — Press Release
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Washington State Attorney General’s Office Awards Contract To Applied Technical Systems For Data Mining Solution
ATS’ data mining technology REGGAE to facilitate the resolution of violent crimes through enhanced analysis of the Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS) database
Silverdale WA – August 11, 2009 – Applied Technical Systems (ATS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office to develop a data mining solution for the Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS) database. The new solution will be built upon ATS’ patent-pending Relationship Generating Graph Analysis Engine (REGGAE), a technology platform that contains capabilities found in both multidimensional and graph database stores and allows for deep data mining and knowledge discovery.
In 2007, Attorney General Rob McKenna asked the Legislature for funding to streamline the HITS database. The goal was to better integrate multiple criminal databases, increasing the ease with which they may be searched by law enforcement. These databases include information about registered sex offenders and convicts tracked by the Department of Corrections. The Legislature granted $400,000 in funding between 2007 and 2009. A portion of that budget allocation funds the ATS contract.
“ATS has been involved in solving complex data problems since the 1980s,” said David Wachter, President and co-CEO of Applied Technical Systems. “Our track record of developing advanced data mining solutions for the intelligence community, the Department of Defense and other government agencies combined with our REGGAE database technology will allow us to quickly and cost-effectively develop and implement a solution for the Washington Attorney General’s HITS unit.”
The REGGAE-based solution to be developed by ATS under the contract will enable HITS investigators to analyze and resolve complex data relationships, discover potentially useful links and patterns, and facilitate the resolution of violent crimes and apprehension and prosecution of violent criminals.
About Applied Technical Systems
With headquarters in Silverdale, WA, and offices in Washington, DC and Suffolk, VA, Applied Technical Systems (ATS) provides information exploitation and naval logistics services and technologies to customers within the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and Washington State Government. ATS also provides mission-critical IT support services to both government and commercial customers, and has developed REGGAE, a patent pending, disruptive database technology that holds the potential to fundamentally change the way the nation’s leading intelligence and law enforcement agencies approach data. For more information about ATS, visit http://www.atsid.com or call 360.698.7100.
Viper Aircraft Corporation Focuses on Fuel Efficient Personal Aircraft Travel in New Viperjet LXR – Press Release
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Viper Aircraft Corporation Focuses on Fuel Efficient Personal Aircraft Travel in New Viperjet LXR
Pasco, Wash — Viper Aircraft Corporation announced today the release of its latest addition to the Viperjet family of aircarft — the Viperjet LXR. Through minor tooling enhancements to its popular Viperjet MKII Executive fuselage, Viper Aircraft designers were able to accommodate the certified Pratt & Whitney JT15D-1A 2200 lbs static thrust turbofan engine.
“Without sacrificing performance, we have achieved our company goal of offering customers a Viperjet with increased range while being able to decrease emissions and lower fuel consumption,” says company president, Scott Hancehtte. “By moving to the JT15D-1A, cruise fuel burns are half and idle fuel burns are one-third that of the previously used GE J85/CJ610 engine. We feel that the Viperjet LXT really is the smart choice for pilots and owners seeking a fast, fuel efficient personal aircraft with reasonable acquisition and operational costs.”
In addition to power plant changes, weight reduction strategies have been implemented in the Viperjet LXR maintaining th overall performance level expectations found in all Viperjet aircraft. At gross weight, the projected rate of climb for the LXR is over 5000 fpm with 1000 nautical miles of range (45 minutes reserve) at 400+ knots.
While the Viperjet LXR continues the signature look and style of the Viperjet MKII Executive, the bolstered LXR fuselage brings more room into the cockpit for travel comfort and luggage space.
Company executives also report that supply chain efficiencies and manufacturing enhancements allow parts production to begin within 30 days or less of an LXR order being placed.
To learn more about the Viperjet LXR, contact Dan Hanchette at 509.543.3570 or dan@viper-aircraft.com.
The Viperjet LXR is a two place, tandem seat, full aerobatic, composite personal jet aircraft designed and manufactured by Viper Aircraft Corporation in Pasco, Washington.
Congressman Murtha Makes Inefficient Recommendation for KC-X
Filed under: Alabama, Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Events, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, Restructuring, Services, Suspensions, U.S. Air Force, Washington, commercial aviation, development program, logistics, production program
Congressman Murtha, the powerful Democratic head of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for defense, was visiting Mobile, AL and made a rather stupid recommendation for the KC-X program. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that he said the Air Force should split the work between Boeing and the EADS-Northrop Grumman team. Unless the military is going to buy large numbers of a system — and 150 odd tankers does not count — the costs associated with having two training, support and parts systems are unjustifiable. The aircraft would also end up more expensive as there is less economy of scale available with small lot buys. Murtha is just trying to split the knot but the suggestion is not practical.
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