by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Lockheed LCS cutaway(click to view full) The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a foreign military sales contract valued at nearly $5.2 million to conduct a nine-month Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) feasibility study for the Israeli Navy. Under the contract Lockheed...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S: Easy rider? Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $6.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00019-03-G-0003 for the development effort to modify, integrate, test, and qualify an active vibration...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, ECM, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA
“Slick 32″(click to view full) Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems in Goleta, CA received a $7.65 million firm-fixed-price order against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00164-04-G-8W01 for the restoration of three AN/SLQ-32(B)(V)(2) and two...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2006 | Budgets, Forces - Naval, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Transformation, USA
DID reader Lee Wahler points us to Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter’s recent address to the annual meeting of the Navy League [PDF format], which focused on the problem of naval shipbuilding costs. DID has covered this issue before, but Winters’ speech...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, UAVs, USA
Global Hawk Cutaway(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received an $89.3 million cost-plus award-fee contract modification for the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, which includes the design, build, and test of a...
