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- Kresa: Gov't Has No 'Moral' Obligation To Northrop Grumman
- FARNBOROUGH, England-The government has no moral obligation to keep Northrop Grumman [NOC] in business after quashing the company's planned merger with Lockheed Martin [LMT], according to Northrop Grumman's top executive. "I think there is no moral obligation; I'm putting the emphasis on moral," Kent Kresa, the company's president, chairman...
- Research articles 1998-10-06
- Use Of C-141 Engine Eyed For Joint Stars
- Lockheed Martin [LMT] built the C-141--the first of which entered service in 1965--while Northrop Grumman [NOC] builds Joint STARS. The Starlifter is equipped with four Pratt & Whitney [UTX] TF- 33-P-7 engines while Joint STARS carries four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines.Equipping the Joint STARS with the C-141 engines will...
- Research articles 1998-08-26
- DOD adding billions of dollars for JAST, Black Hawk, FMTV
- A DoD review of defense programs in preparation for compiling the FY '97 defense budget request has culminated in a decision by Deputy Defense Secretary John White to add several billions of dollars for weapons programs to DoD's five-year budget.The Army is the chief beneficiary of the additional funding, which...
- Research articles 1995-10-04
- Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas win ASTOVL study contracts
- Lockheed Advanced Development Co. LADC and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace have won separate DoD contracts to study the feasibility of developing an advanced short take-off and vertical landing ASTOVL strike fighter for the Navy and Marine Corps. LADC, based in Palmdale, Calif., and known as Lockheed's "Skunkworks," received a $1.9...
- Research articles 1993-03-17
- Congress notified of Saudi, Taiwan arms sales worth $14.8 billion
- Congress has been formally notified of $14.8 billion in arms sales, including 72 McDonnell Douglas F-I5XP aircraft to Saudi Arabia and 150 General Dynamics F-16 A/B aircraft to Taiwan, the Pentagon said yesterday. Announced Friday by President Bush, the Saudi sale, worth $9 billion, includes 24 aircraft spare engines,...
- Research articles 1992-09-16
- Mavroules attempts to block ATF engine development
- Rep. Nicholas Mavroules (D-Mass.) last week put up what could potentially become a major obstacle to Air Force plans to award the Advanced Tactical Fighter ATF engine development contract to Pratt & Whitney. The House Investigations Subcommittee chairman, in a July 23 letter to Deputy Defense Secretary Donald...
- Research articles 1991-07-29
- Mavroules' concerns over P&W hold up ATF development decision
- Office of the Secretary of Defense officials want to resolve concerns raised last week by Rep. Nicholas Mavroules (D-Mass.) about a Justice Department probe into possible criminal misconduct by Pratt & Whitney on a Navy engine program before they make a final decision to allow the Air Force to award...
- Research articles 1991-08-01
- Yockey approves ATF development/ADM distribution pending
- Under Secretary of Defense/Acquisition Donald Yockey yesterday signed an Acquisition Decision Memorandum ADM that will free the Air Force to award development funds for the F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter once the document is distributed, Pentagon sources told Defense Daily yesterday. However, distribution of the ADM had been held up...
- Research articles 1991-08-02
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- Taiwan signs LOA for Pratt engines to power F-16s
- Taiwan has selected Pratt & Whitney's F100-PW-220 engine to power the 150 General Dynamics F-16 A/B fighter aircraft the island-nation has asked to purchase from the U.S. Air Force in a deal worth $1 billion, Pentagon and company officials said yesterday. A formal letter of acceptance LOA for an...
- Research articles 1992-11-19
- F/A-22 Raptor Gets Pentagon Green Light
- The Defense Department gave Lockheed Martin, a NGAUS Platinum Corporate member, the go-ahead for full production of the F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft last month. The aircraft, however, is a combined venture.Joining Lockheed Martin in the production of the aircraft is NGAUS Platinum Corporate member Boeing as well as Pratt &...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Thus Spoke Carter: Notes from his Roundtable
- JSF: Pentagon acquisition czar Ashton Carter shed some light today on some of the options he is considering for restructuring the $300 billion U.S.-led Joint Strike Fighter program. A Joint Estimate Team JET, made up of career cost and program evaluators at the Pentagon, has projected the Lockheed Martin...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Air Force seals engine FMS deal with Pratt & Whitney
- The Air Force is definitizing a $255.7 million letter contract with Pratt & Whitney for 68 F100-PW-220 engines and seven engine modules to be installed in F-16 aircraft intended for sale to foreign customers, the Pentagon announced yesterday. The contract is expected to be completed in April 1995, with...
- Research articles 1993-05-21
- Pratt & Whitney awarded Saudi engine order worth $135 million
- The Air Force has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $135.1 million contract for 22 F100-PWS229 engines to outfit F-15 aircraft on order to Saudi Arabia and support equipment and spares for F-16s purchased by South Korea, the Pentagon said yesterday. Work on the contract, expected to be completed by...
- Research articles 1993-11-10
- Pratt & Whitney and GE Leveraging Current Work To Secure KC-767 Engine Bid
- By Lorenzo Cortes Both Pratt & Whitney [UTX] and General Electric [GE] are leveraging their experience providing engines and accompanying support for Air Force aircraft already in service to win the bid to build engines for the Air Force's planned lease of 100 Boeing [BA] KC-767 tankers, according to...
- Research articles 2003-05-30
- DTN News: General Electric Co, Rolls-Royce Group PLC Offering Fixed-Price On F-35 Engines
- DTN News: General Electric Co, Rolls-Royce Group PLC Offering Fixed-Price On F-35 Engines * GE, Rolls scramble to shore up support for 2nd engine * Offer on about 100 engines in low-rate production run * 2nd GE-Rolls test engine...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Pentagon notifies Congress of possible C-17 sale to Canada
- WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon notified Congress of a possible sale of aircraft engines and other gear for four C-17 transport aircraft being sold to Canada. The Defense Security and Cooperation Agency said the sale could be worth up to 1.3 billion dollars if all options are exercised. It would...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- Evendale, Ohio-Based Jet Engine Company to Be Part of Huge F-35 Program.
- By Timothy R. Gaffney, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--EVENDALE, Ohio--The Pentagon's long-awaited Joint Strike Fighter decision two weeks ago meant megabuck contracts for Lockheed Martin and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Engines, but the Miami Valley's biggest military aerospace...
- Research articles 2001-11-07
- Key authorizers back second F-35 engine
- Defying the Obama administration, leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have agreed to authorize $560 million in the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill to pay for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to several congressional aides.The agreement on the engine, one of the...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Fairchild Semiconductor International Names John Watkins Chief Information Officer; Watkins is former Pratt & Whitney CIO and top Pentagon official
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- Research articles 2000-03-14
- McDonnell Douglas
- McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $1.3 billion contract Friday for six Lot VI C-17 production aircraft. The contract, expected to be completed by August 1996, is unrelated to a wide-ranging settlement offered by the Pentagon to McDonnell Douglas for design problems, past claims, and mismanagement of the...
- Research articles 1994-06-06
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