by Editorial Staff | Mar 20, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The Pentagon lowered the forecast procurement cost of the F-35 program by 2 percent today – that’s $7.5 billion in savings over a roughly $400 billion program. The fighters are slated now to cost a mere $159.2 million per copy, if the military does...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 19, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Air Force released a solicitation of questions and responses from industry for its Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems program. More commonly referred to as the T-X, the program has garnered much attention from the likes of Northrop Grumman,...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The DSCA notified Congress of the potential sale of three Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks to Mexico, in a deal potentially worth $110 million. That there are only three Black Hawks in the deal is surprising, as the application appears to have gone in with five...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 17, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Army awarded General Atomics a contract for 19 Gray Eagle UAVs, as part of a $132m contract which also included SATCOM terminals and support. * The Babcock & Wilcox Company received contract work totalling $169m for naval reactor fuel and...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 16, 2015 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Army released a Sources Sought notice (W15QKN-15-X-7820), looking for one vendor that can bundle together a series of aftermarket improvements to the M4A1 carbine. The package, to be called the M4A1+, includes increased accuracy, rails, mounting...
