by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, USA
Improvement required The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific at Pearl Harbor, HI awarded four $20 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contracts for facilities maintenance, repairs and construction at various...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Land Equipment, Trucks & Transport, USA
M1113 HMMWV ECV AM General L.L.C. in South Bend, IN received a $5.3 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 75 M1113s for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. M1113 expanded-capacity HMMWVs (ECV) are designed to carry heavier payloads...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Nuclear Weapons, USA
Upgraded andEPA approved Video Display Corporation subsidiary Aydin Displays, Inc. of Atlanta, GA received a $8.8M production contract by Lockheed Martin to supply nuclear-hardened 15′ ruggedized color AMLCD Visual Display Units (VDU) to be utilized in the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 18, 2005 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Land Equipment, Naval Equipment, New Systems Tech, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
LPD-17 cutaway(click for full size) According to a new report by Congress’ General Accountability Office (GAO), the Navy seriously underestimated the cost of building ships at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Avondale shipyard and other facilities –...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 18, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, USA
F/A-22 Raptor A Pentagon report by David Duma of the Office of Operational Test and Evaluation has rated the F/A-22 Raptor fighter as “operationally effective and survivable” but needing work in the areas of reliability, diagnostics and maintenance...
