China Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 China Eyes U.S. Defense Contracts Hoping to Compete on Cost, Stealth-Jet Maker AVIC Teams With Tiny U.S. Firm; Any Bid Likely to Draw Fierce Resistance. BEIJING—The maker of China's new stealth fighter jet has teamed up with a tiny, unprofitable California company to try to launch bids for U.S. defense contracts, possibly including one to supply Chinese helicopters to replace the aging Marine One fleet used by the president, according to people involved in the partnership. Any Chinese bids for this or another contract under discussion would be certain to meet intense political resistance and would appear to have very little chance of success given mounting U.S. concern about China's military power and long-term strategic goals, and the often-prohibitive opposition in the past to Chinese attempts to enter other strategic U.S. sectors, such as energy and telecommunications. However, the fact that state-run China Aviation Industry Corp., known as AVIC, is even considering bids for these contracts, which industry insiders expect to be awarded in the next two to three years, reflects the rapid development and lofty ambitions of China's aerospace industry. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 When spying does not work go to the next best thing, American desire for cheaply made goods to get technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 China has a very large telecommunications company Huawei which manufactures it's own enterprise level networking gear. It's very price friendly compared to Oracle/Sun, or Cisco. The DoD has banned that equipment not only from it's networks, but civilian networks it depends upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Well, apparently their stealth technology is pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Well, apparently their stealth technology is pretty good Sneaky little B@stard. They could be anywhere. That's freaky. My understanding is the Huawei gear is pretty good too. But how can we trust it. Our networks are attacked hundreds of thousands of times a month. How can you bring a large wooden horse into your fortification; and not wonder what the heck is inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayH81 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The US should not grant any defense or core infrastructure contracts to any foreign power, ever, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The US should not grant any defense or core infrastructure contracts to any foreign power, ever, period. Bit late for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Oh hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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