by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 12, 2005 | Aircraft, Equipment - Other, Forces - Air, Power Projection, Transport & Utility
The Defense Supply Center in Richmond, VA reached out to Hamilton Sundsrant of Windsor Locks, CT to be virtual prime vendor for the C-130 hub and blade. The contract, worth $347 million fixed price with economic price adjustment, has an exercising option period of up...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 12, 2005 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Strategic, Industry & Trends, Procurement Innovations, Project Management, Space Warfare
With procurement officers increasingly over-stretched, the Missile Defense Agency’s Contracting Directorate awarded a $7.7 million deal to CACI Dynamic Systems of Arlington, VA to help take the load off of its own acquisition, contracting and support functions....
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 12, 2005 | Aircraft, Contracts - Awards, Equipment - Other, Forces - Air, Helicopters & Rotary, United Technologies
The Army Aviation and Missile Command awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $10.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for UH-60 Black Hawk spare parts. Sikorsky will fulfill the order at its Stratford, CT factory between now and October 1999. The AAMC initially sought the sole...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 12, 2005 | Aircraft, Equipment - Other, Forces - Air, Helicopters & Rotary, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility
MH-60K SpecOps Blackhawk(click to view full) Manchester, CT’s Purdy Corp. won a $17.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to make rotor hubs for Black Hawks. The manufacturing should extend through to October 2007. The Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 7, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, France, India, MBDA, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Thales
SSK Scorpene Class After four years of delays, India has finally signed a $3.5 billion submarine deal for French-Spanish Scorpene SSKs. As noted in DID’s earlier comprehensive coverage of the deal, the Scorpenes will be manufactured under license by Mumbai-based...