by Fred Donovan | Jan 19, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
Under Construction(click to view full) Two firms have received $35.6 million in construction contracts to build new US Armed Forces Reserve Centers (AFRC). Neumann Brothers in Des Moines, IA, won a $24.9 million contract to design and build an AFRC in Middletown, IA....
by Fred Donovan | Jan 18, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other, USA
USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon(click to view full) The US Navy’s Military Sealift Command is paying $28 million to buy maritime prepositioning ship MV PFC Eugene A. Obregon from WTAK-2 in Mobile, AL. The MSC had previously leased the ship under a long-term lease...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2010 | Events, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
SSN 777 construction(click to view full) On May 14/09, a welding inspector at Northrop Grumman’s Newport News, VA shipyard did the right thing, and complained that a fellow inspector was signing off on ship welds without actually inspecting them. The...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 18, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, IT - General, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, USA
B-52H(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received an $8.2 million contract to provide Phase II data rate communications upgrades for the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP). The US Air Force initiated the ASIP because of...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 17, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
USNS Bob Hope [T-AKR 300](click to view full) American Overseas Marine, a Quincy, MA-based unit of General Dynamics, received a $27.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of 7 government-owned Bob Hope-class large medium-speed...
