Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

CSAR-X: Pentagon was pushing the USAF to favour Boeing

Washington, USA - The new deadline to put in a bid for the contract is April

Aerospace Daily reports that as recently as 2006, the Pentagon was pushing the Air Force to skip open bidding for the 15 billion dollars CSAR-X helicopter contract, preferring a directed buy that would have favored Boeing Co.'s MH-47 Chinook. In a telephone interview, Pentagon acquisition chief John Young said he was critical of the entire CSAR-X development process prior to his appointment in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099209
Rome, Italy, 01/30/2009 16:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

DefenseLondon dismantles 14 CH-47 helicopters and entire Puma H-C2 fleet

Defense cuts to fill black holes. But Putin's threat of aggression looms

46 Watchkeeper Mk-1 drones also decommissioned. And the axe also falls on the forces of the Royal Navy more

HelicoptersAirbus delivers first of up to 82 H-145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces

Less than a year after the contract was signed

Less than a year after the contract was signed, Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of up to 82 H-145Ms ordered by Germany at its Donauwörth site. The Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) have named... more

Civil aviationAirbus appoints Valerio Moro as Head of Italy from December

He will be able to count on the support of Serafino D'Angelantonio Head of Public Affairs

Airbus has appointed Valerio Moro as Head of Industry in Italy, effective December 1st, 2024, as part of its strategy to strengthen the company and support its growth in Italy.He brings ten years of experience... more