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Lockheed critiques spark CSAR-X shoot-out
Lockheed Martin started it.The defense contractor teamed with AgustaWestland to offer the US101 for the $11 billion CSAR-X contract award went negative on Thursday, dishing to reporters about the key...
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CSAR-X intrigues enter last three months, or so we hope
Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley has been very clear that he wants a contract awarded for combat search and rescue helicopters by the end of the year. You may recall the CSAR-X...
View ArticleUSAF makes “minor” amendment to CSAR-X RFP, sees “minor” delay for contract...
This just arrived in my Inbox. I have requested further clarification from the US Air Force, but, while we wait, here’s the USAF’s statement. Air Force Plans to Issue Amendment to CSAR-X RFPThe Air...
View ArticleCSAR: John Young asks “why?”
Pentagon acquisition chief John Young really got on a roll last week. In addition to attacking the costs and reliability of the US Air Force’s prized F-22, Young also questioned the fundamental need...
View ArticleJohn Young DWG transcript: EPX, CSAR-X, F-22
John Young is the undersecretary for acquisition technology and logistics, reporting to Secretary of Defense Bob Gates. Last week, Young appeared at the Defense Writer’s Group, a kind of Breakfast Club...
View ArticleCSAR-X, round three, begins
The third round of bidding has officially started for the $15 billion, 141-aircraft CSAR-X contract. Strangely, the US Air Force released the amended request for proposals, but didn’t set a date for...
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Don’t look now, but CSAR-X is back
The deadline for submitting bids in the third round of the CSAR-X competition passed today in awkward silence. It’s only a $15 billion contract award now entering source selection, yet it was almost...
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C-17, F-22 lead FG.com’s FY 2010 survival poll
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: Bring back the C-17! FlightGlobal.com visitors are speaking, and, so far, they want strategic airlifters to survive more than they want tactical fighters,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Killing time on the live-fire range
In between assignments in Fort Worth and Phoenix, I dropped by the Angel Thunder combat search and rescue exercise yesterday. Although based in Tucson, the exercise is conducted on a grand scale,...
View ArticleWho’s right: Sole-source to Sikorsky or competition for CVLSP?
The US Air Force is about to make a decision involving a controversial acquisition strategy affecting a domestic versus foreign aircraft competition, but it’s not about the KC-X tanker contract.This...
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