by Editorial Staff | May 15, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air Force has launched a tender for the launch of a next-generation Global Positioning System satellite, releasing a RFP for the launch vehicle production, mission integration and launch operations. The latest Lockheed Martin GPS-III satellite was...
by Editorial Staff | May 14, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * US arms sales experts are expected to travel to the Gulf following the President’s GCC summit on Wednesday and Thursday, which will include discussions on integrated defense systems. President Obama is expected to push for arms sales, particularly...
by Editorial Staff | May 13, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air and Missile Defense Radar, currently under development by Raytheon, has passed a Critical Design Review. the AMDR is now over 40% through its EMD phase, with the system completing a hardware CDR last year. Raytheon was awarded a $385.7 million EMD...
by Editorial Staff | May 12, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Navy awarded Boeing a $14.6 million contract for aircraft armament equipment for the Navy’s Growler and Super Hornet fleets. Also on Monday, Lockheed Martin was handed a $13.7 million contract modification to produce Aegis modernization...
by Editorial Staff | May 11, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * General Electric Aviation was awarded a $2 billion IDIQ contract Friday in part to fulfill a Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan for the company’s T700 engine, with the contract stretching to 2020. The T700 engine family powers a number of US-manufactured...
