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"There's a perception out there that Lockheed's going to take everything, and nobody's gonna be able to get in to support of the F-35," said Mike Miles of Lockheed Martin's F-35 logistics unit about the firm's PBL proposal. "That's not the case."

Indian Army RFI for Light Tanks Our Bureau 2023 Image for representation only. The Indian Army wants to procure 350 light tanks and has issued a request for information (RFI) to start the procurement process. Aside of new generation Combat Vehicle Platforms, the contract should include Transfer of Technology. It will cover Performance Based Logistics, niche Technologies, Engineering Support Package, and other Maintenance and Training requirements, as well also Delivery Schedule. The Light Tan...

Collins Aerospace Wins Contract to Support CH-47F Fleet for Royal Netherlands Air Force Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., has been awarded a multi-year Performance Based Logistics avionics support contract to the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) fleet of 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters. Collins Aerospace will provide field service engineering, program management, logistics service and repair and ove...

Lockheed Martin has a new F-35 sustainment proposal for the Pentagon that may improve readiness February 24 A U.S. Air Force F-35A sits loaded on the taxiway Jan. 30, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. For the first time in history, 10 F-35As were loaded while at Kadena Air Base as part of an exercise. (Senior Airman Quay Drawdy/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin is pitching the Defense Department on a performance-based logistics contract for the F-35 joint strike fighter that co...

The new proposal may not lead to the massive savings Lockheed pitched with its more expansive first pitch.

NM   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] reported fourth-quarter revenue of $15.3 billion, reflecting lower commercial deliveries and services volume primarily due to COVID-19 as well as 787 production issues, partially offset by a lower 737 MAX customer considerations charge in the quarter compared to the same period last year (Table 1). GAAP loss per share of ($14.65) and core loss per share (non-GAAP)* of ($15.25) reflected a $6.5 billion pre-tax charge on the 777X program and a tax valuation al...

Boeing Company - Final Results Fourth Quarter 2020 777X program recorded $6.5 billion pre-tax charge; first delivery expected in late 2023 737 MAX began receiving regulatory approval to resume operations and restarted deliveries Revenue of $15.3 billion, GAAP loss per share of ($14.65) and core (non-GAAP)* loss per share of ($15.25) Full-Year 2020 Revenue of $58.2 billion, GAAP loss per share of ($20.88) and core (non-GAAP)* loss per share of ($23.25) Operating cash flow of ($18.4) billion; cas...

The Deadly Alphabet Soup That Is Indias Defence Acquisition Procedure Service officers and defence ministry officials concede that the ‘alphabetic morse code’ that comprises communications with vendors pose a ‘formidable comprehensible’ challenge even to themselves. Representative image of government files. Photo: Indi Samarajiva/Flickr CC BY 2.0 Security19/Jan/2021 Every day we are assaulted by a miasma of bewildering acronyms and abbreviations in official documents, newspa...

Text Size: A+ On 13 January 2021, the Cabinet Committee on Security finally cleared the long-pending acquisition of 73 improved Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Mk.1A fighters along with ten LCA Mk.1 trainers. This Rs 45,696 crore (US$ 6.25 billion) programme marks a rare high point for the beleaguered thirty-year programme, which has suffered through significant development and production delays, and seen no new orders since the Indian Air Force committed to inducting forty aircraft back in 20...

The Pentagon wants to make it so by 2025. What You Should Know: The F-35 is the worlds most expensive defense program ever. With time and experience can some of the costs come down?  In addition to being one of the most expensive military hardware platforms ever developed, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is also extremely expensive to operate. A year ago it was estimated that the fifth-generation advanced stealth aircraft cost around $44,000 an hour to fly—or put...