"Ma Deuce"(click to view full) Olin Corp.'s Winchester Division in East Alton, IL received $43.4 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity with firm-fixed-price orders for .50 calibre M903 saboted light armor penetrator (SLAP) and M962 saboted light armor...
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Rapid Fire: 2010-04-01
* US GAO releases 2010 Assessments of Selected Weapons Programs - about 70. The summary is finally up, and there is a lot of reading after that. Note that the GAO sets the bar higher for system development readiness - TRL(Technology Readiness Level) 7, not the...
US Navy Accounting Service Contracts Total up to $569.1M
The US Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk's Philadelphia Office awarded 3 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract to provide accounting and financial management service to the Navy Office of Financial...
Big Pharma: US Orders $3B+ for the Troops
$442 million in follow-on US military pharma contracts. (March 31/10) Troops require medication of all kinds as a way of managing chronic conditions, handling the wear and ills that are a constant risk on military deployments, etc. Unsurprisingly, militaries tend to...
Up to $300M to 7 Firms for US Navy Wet Utilities Construction
Puttin' in a sewer line(click to view full) The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded 7 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contracts for wet utilities construction at various US Navy...
Rapid Fire 2010-03-31: Futenma Air Station
* US commission grills US military, KBR over waste, drawdown of 100,000 contractors in Iraq. C-SPAN coverage | Panel members' statements | Commission release | Washington Post | Business Week | CBS News * Updates RE: the sinking of the Pohang Class corvette Cheonan. *...
$40M to TEC-AECOM for Environmental Studies on US Navy Homeport Infrastructure
The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic awarded TEC-AECOM Joint Venture in Charlottesville, VA an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, worth a maximum of $40 million, for environmental planning and engineering services at various US...
Rapid Fire 2010-03-30: RAF Contracts Update
* UK MoD details latest defense RAF contracts and agreements, including maintenance for Hawk T Mk2 jet trainers, a cut in its A400M transport order, and a contract signing for its future CH-47F Chinook helicopters. * UK parliamentary committee warns that MoD's...
DSCP Issues Patient Monitoring, Radiology Systems Contracts
Philips' patient monitor(click to view larger) The USA's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) in Philadelphia, PA recently issued 2 contracts for patient monitoring and radiology systems on behalf of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Federal...