by Joe Katzman | Jan 20, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Helicopters & Rotary, United Technologies, USA
MH-60S(click to view full) Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $33.3 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for MH-60S Navy Knight Hawks, which will replace the Navy and Marine Corps’ aging CH-46 Sea Knights in US service. Work on...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 20, 2006 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Surface-Air, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, USA
SM-2 (top), SM-3 Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a cost-only contract modification that covers the procurement of long lead material and is estimated at $21.7 million. It will be used to build special tooling and test equipment for Standard...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Strategic, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Support Functions - Other, USA
Minuteman III launch Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Clearfield, UT received a $225.2 million cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract modification re: the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) propulsion replacement program. Full Rate Production...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Surface Ships - Other
The Dewayne T. Williams(click to view full) The US Military Sealift Command in Washington, DC has just spent $210 million to purchase 3 maritime prepositioning ships from Braintree Maritime Corp. in Quincy, MA. These Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) ships have been...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Ammunition, BAE, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, RFPs, Scandals & Investigations, Testing & Evaluation
Bofors’ FH-77B05 Archer DID has covered India’s $2 billion competition for 400 towable 155mm howitzers, which India hopes will outrange Pakistan’s M109A2 and M109A5 self-propelled guns. South African competitor Denel has been blacklisted from Indian...
