Imiakhtar, sad as this news is, thank you for posting it. I haven't posted on a.net in quite awhile but this news compels me to at least leave a tribute to Dr. Cook...Alan. He and I corresponded over the years and, as others have noted, he was unfailingly courteous and incredibly knowledgeable. I wi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Shmertspionem" class="quote" target="_blank">Shmertspionem</a> (<a href="#87" class="quote">Reply 87</a>):<br/><i>if you read what zeke said - p...
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Jump to postJudging by the spokesmen's comments from both companies, I am reasonably certain there will be a protest--regardless of which aircraft the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> selects. Unfortunately for US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>, the standard they created for this acquisition ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DEVILFISH" class="quote" target="_blank">DEVILFISH</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Latest word on it is..... "Gulf king m...
Jump to postEADS CFO, Hans Peter Ring, says: <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i>"We see a broad global market of 400 to 500 aircraft with good chances for this aircraft to turn profits in the long term,"...
Jump to postSo what has this thing cost so far? Close to USD$5 billion? <a href="http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/702/" target="_blank">http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/702/</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/par13del" class="quote" target="_blank">par13del</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i>I do agree, it is puzzling, perhaps the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#56" class="quote">Reply 56</a>):<br/><i>The US<acronym title="Air France...
Jump to postDelayed again--to December 2012. <a href="http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/120427/india-delays-delivery-of-russian-aircraft-carrier.html" target="_blank">http://www.defense-aerospace.com/art...y-of-russian-aircraft-carrier.html</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" cl...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#52" class="quote">Reply 52</a>):<br/><i>But, I don't believe it was just...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/francoflier" class="quote" target="_blank">francoflier</a> (<a href="#47" class="quote">Reply 47</a>):<br/><i>The other option would be for the ...
Jump to postRegardless of grade level, if they are civil service employees they won't be "fired" in the sense most people understand it. Reuters reports that these two were "removed from the project". They are still getting paid, probably doing "telework" (i.e., "working" from home). "Being held accountable" ca...
Jump to postGen Schwartz is now saying that pricing data wasn't disclosed. Two officials have been removed and "will be held accountable". (I wonder if one is a <acronym title="Airfoyle (United Kingdom) and Grant Aviation (USA)">GS</acronym>-6 secretary?) <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN23123705201...
Jump to postMore on O'Keefe's remarks the other day. Not only is he stating the bleeding obvious, but his comments leave little doubt in my mind that the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> just handed him a protest on a silver platter. <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=46575&d...
Jump to postMore on Sean O'Keefe's "vagueness". Happy now, Gates? <a href="http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/11/22/no-kc-x-protest-for-now/" target="_blank">http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/11/22/no-kc-x-protest-for-now/</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Hel...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/scbriml" class="quote" target="_blank">scbriml</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i> And what do you think Boeing will do if t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i> The <acronym title="Ulsan (USN ...
Jump to postIs Sean O'Keefe setting the state for a protest here? <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2010/11/will-eads-north-america-protes.html" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/th...ill-eads-north-america-protes.html</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="...
Jump to postThe Harrier <acronym title="Aurigny Air Services (United Kingdom) and Gemini Air Cargo (USA)">GR</acronym>.9s depart a British carrier for the last time this Wednesday. <a href="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUser...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DEVILFISH" class="quote" target="_blank">DEVILFISH</a> (<a href="#98" class="quote">Reply 98</a>):<br/><i>This may yet be Boeing's strongest off...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Lumberton" class="quote" target="_blank">Lumberton</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>This blunder may have irreparably tain...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JoeCanuck" class="quote" target="_blank">JoeCanuck</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i> I wonder if they really returned the ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DEVILFISH" class="quote" target="_blank">DEVILFISH</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Most promising would be former eastern b...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ozair" class="quote" target="_blank">Ozair</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>A rafale deal gives them a foot in both the US a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MD11Engineer" class="quote" target="_blank">MD11Engineer</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Ethihad is part of "Abu Dhabi Inc....
Jump to postAny pretense of this being solely a military deal has long gone. According to this news report, and Steve Trimble's blog at Flight, the UAE is not only demanding that France take back 60 Mirage 2000s in trade, but grant Emirates and Etihad additional landing rights in France, to the detriment of Air...
Jump to postI asked this earlier, but the question seems to have been caught up in a dust up and was deleted, so I will ask again:
If one orders an A400M today, when is the earliest one can expect delivery? 2018?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GDB" class="quote" target="_blank">GDB</a> (<a href="#116" class="quote">Reply 116</a>):<br/><i>sadly, though I share the dismay of those letter...
Jump to postWRT the export potential of the A400M, bookmark this one. An study by PWC says 280; EADS, to no one's suprise, disagrees and says its "between 400 and 500 planes"--no matter what! <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12121765" target="_blank">Report Downbeat on A400M Export Hopes: Ge...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/par13del" class="quote" target="_blank">par13del</a> (<a href="#114" class="quote">Reply 114</a>):<br/><i> How better to protest the draw down t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#95" class="quote">Reply 95</a>):<br/><i>The EU coustomers can only hold ...
Jump to postJust one of the risks if the draw down occurs: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101110/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitarypolitics_20101110120714" target="_blank">Cuts leave Falklands open to attack: ex-admirals</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/connies4ever" class="quote" target="_blank">connies4ever</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>These would be to go after possibl...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> I didn't know they wanted the F/A...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Lumberton" class="quote" target="_blank">Lumberton</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i>BTW, why do we persist in maintaining ...
Jump to postIn the background, the follow on fighter purchase appears to be on hold. A year ago, it was virtually a lock for the Rafale; all that seems to have changed. The UAE recently said that the F-18 Super Hornet would meet their needs. Unknown at this point what fighter, if any, they'll choose.
Jump to postIs this a hypothetical purchase, or is it actually being contemplated?
Jump to postThis is in addition to the 36 for Saudi Arabia. $5 billion total if the deal goes through. <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/08/349459/uae-seeks-5bn-deal-to-double-apache-fleet.html" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...n-deal-to-double-apache-fleet.html</a> <ta...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/474218" class="quote" target="_blank">474218</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Fox News Network (FNN) couldn't care less ab...
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