by Editorial Staff | Mar 27, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Navy’s Super Hornets and Growlers can’t carry additional 480-gallon fuel tanks when launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) because of the stress created by the ship’s catapult, manufactured by General Atomics. The GAO has...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Following yesterday’s announcement that the Air Force is to procure one MC-12W ISR aircraft, the Navy is following suit, with a $11.7 million contract announced today for one aircraft in the UC-12W variation. The Navy previously ordered six of the...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 25, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The squeaky-clean audit handed to the Marine Corps in 2013 is being revoked, with the Inspector General’s Office stating that ongoing investigations had uncovered irregularities during the FY 2014 audit, voiding the FY 2012 audit awarded in December...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 24, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * BAE Systems won a $383 million sole-source contract Monday for the support of multiple weapons platforms, while Raytheon was awarded a $109.6 million procurement contract for Standard Missile-6 and Standard Missile-2 full-rate production requirements and...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 23, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * As expected, the Navy included twelve Super Hornets and eight F-35s as part of list of “unfunded priorities” prepared for Congress, according to Reuters. With the manufacturing line of the F/A-18 likely to remain open past the...
