by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | DID site
See it. Live it. Here at DID, we’ve had a reader email us to explain that the links in newsletters and articles weren’t always working. We’ve asked for specific examples, and tested them ourselves with no difficulties. But we want to make sure this...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier Cox Construction Co. in Vista, CA received a $21.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a Border Patrol sector headquarters building in Vista, CA. Work is expected to be complete by Aug. 12, 2007. There were 330 bids solicited...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Corporate Financials, Mergers & Acquisitions, Thales
French defense electronics group Thales announced a modest 2.5% rise in net profit for 2005 to EUR 334 million, while announcing plans to go on the offensive in foreign markets with a EUR 1 billion ($1.19 billion at current conversion) fund for acquisitions. In its...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Airbus, Corporate Financials
European defense industry giant EADS recently announced its FY 2005 results. Amidst a year that saw it close out a deal for 10% of Russia’s SU-30 source Irkut Corp., buy Atlas Elektronik from BAE, and open an Alabama facility to help it focus on the US market,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 14, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, USA
F-22A Raptor(click to enlarge) The Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH recently awarded a pair of firm-fixed-price, cost-plus fixed-fee contract modifications related to the F-22A Raptor fighter. Both are undefinitized...
