by Philipp Schramm | May 9, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Bell Helicopter will receive a contract modification valued at $21.7 million. The modification relates to a contract that provides the US Navy with airframes in support of its MQ-8 Fire Scout program, including the delivery of Bell 407 variant commercial...
by Philipp Schramm | May 8, 2018 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing’s KC-46 Tanker program hit another bump. Due to continuous cost overruns and schedule delays, the company has racked up more than $3 billion worth of pretax charges. Just last week Boeing disclosed another $81 million-pretax penalty on the program in...
by Philipp Schramm | May 7, 2018 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The Department of Defense (DoD) is upgrading its IT-infrastructure and will introduce various cloud-services across its branches. On May 4th the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific announced that it is contracting Insight Public Sector Inc.,...
by Philipp Schramm | May 4, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The order provides for the procurement of four aerial refueling retrofit kits and related support equipment in support of the...
by Philipp Schramm | May 3, 2018 | Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Special Operations Command is contracting AAI Corp., Hunt Valley for the continuation of its MEUAS II-B services. The contract is valued at $120 million and provides for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services on its mid-endurance...