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Archives by date > 2005 > March

AV-8B Harrier Finding Success in Iraq

Mar 30, 2005 07:21 UTC

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AV-8B VTOL

A decade ago, the AV-8 Harrier was the most accident-prone plane in America’s arsenal. After a series of deadly accidents killed 45 of his fellow Marine pilots, engine program manager Lt. Col. Robert Kuckuk of the Marines’ Harrier program office helped redesign both its engine and its maintenance program. That program now takes 25 man-hours per flight hour, but accident rates plunged. At the same time, the AV-8 has found its niche amidst the urban operations that have characterized Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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$134.6M in Osprey Spares Contracts As OpEval Nears

Mar 30, 2005 03:31 UTC

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MV-22 Osprey

Hot on the heels of $27.8 million in development and testing contracts, the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office in Patuxent River, MD has received $134.6 million in spare parts contracts for the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft as it prepares for operational evaluation in the face of projected procurement cuts. All are sole source task orders from the Naval Inventory Control Point under a previously-awarded contract (N00383-03-G-001B).

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South Korea Plans Significant Defense Budget Increases

Mar 30, 2005 01:09 UTC

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Republic of Korea (ROK) Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung recently said he aims to increase the defense budget to 3.2% of the total gross domestic product by 2008 from the current 2.8%, a 12.5% increase in relative terms even before economic growth is factored in.

Some recent Defense Ministry procurement initiatives include:

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$40.2M Modification Brings Guam Base Costs to $519.3M

Mar 30, 2005 00:35 UTC

GEO Guam Cardboard Regatta

Tough deployment.

Raytheon Technical Services Co. in Burlington, MA through its subsidiary, Raytheon Technical Services Guam Inc., received a $40.2 million modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-quantity, time and materials provisions contract (N62742-98-D-1803) to exercise an option for base operations services in Guam. Of that $40.2 million, $8.7 million will be reserved for individual task orders issued during the option period. After the exercise of this modification, the total cumulative contract amount will be $519.3 million.

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18-24 U.S. Rocket Launch Contracts on the Way

Mar 30, 2005 00:25 UTC

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Delta IV-Heavy
Rocket Launch, 2004

On March 22, 2005, the U.S. Air Force announced that it would soon award contracts for 18 to 24 rocket launches. A pre-solicitation notice explains that the government should award the contracts on or before Oct. 1, 2005. These rockets carry payloads for the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office.

Acting Air Force Secretary Peter Teets said the Air Force plans to buy launches from both Boeing and Lockheed Martin Inc.

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$148M Hydrazine Contract

Mar 30, 2005 00:22 UTC

Hydrazine N2H4

Hydrazine: N2H4

Arch Chemicals in Norwalk, CT is being awarded a 20-year, $148.8 million fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for the production, storage, distribution, and handling of hydrazine for the Department of Defense. Hydrazine and its derivative chemicals are often used as rocket fuels. Work will also be performed in Lake Charles, LA, and the performance completion date is March 31, 2025. This contract has two five-year options. Proposals were solicited from FEDBIZOPPS with three responses. The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) at Lackland Air Force Base, TX issued the contract (SP0600-05-D-1522).

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$31.1M for Repair, Return & Depot Support of Saudi Air Force

Mar 30, 2005 00:02 UTC

S&K Technologies in Ignatius, MT is being awarded a $31.1 million cost-and-firm-fixed-price Multinational Repair and Return contract modification to provide for repair, return and depot support equipment for Saudi Arabia. The contract allows use by any foreign country and also by the USAF. This effort supports foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia. The locations of performances are S and K Technologies in Warner Robins, GA (51%), and TAMSCO in Warner Robins, GA (49%). This work will be complete by March 2006. The Headquarters Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins Air Force Base, GA issued the contract (F09603-01-C-0027, P00040).

DoD Takes Over USAF’s Top 21 Weapons Programs

Mar 29, 2005 08:43 UTC

In the wake of recent Air Force personnel losses due to procurement scandals and retirements, the U.S. Defense Department has taken over temporary responsibility for running the USAF’s top 21 weapons-buying programs totaling about $180 billion. This move will undoubtedly have ramifications for a number of major contractors ad weapon systems. It will also collapse the approvals process from a two-stage progress by the USAF and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) into a one-stage process of OSD approval with USAF inputs.

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$316.3M for FMTV Trucks, Trailers

Mar 29, 2005 08:12 UTC

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FMTV Truck

Stewart & Stevenson Tactical Vehicle System L.P. in Sealy, TX won a $316.3 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 1,934 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks and 836 Trailers. Work will be performed at Sealy, TX and is expected to be completed by Nov. 15, 2008. There were two bids solicited on Aug. 15, 2002, and two bids were received. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, MI issued the contract (DAAE07-03-C-S023).

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Rolls Royce Wins Support Contract for 4 Navies

Mar 29, 2005 07:52 UTC

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Servicing a
Tyne Turbine

Rolls Royce has secured a GBP 137 million (USD $258 million) contract from the Defence Logistic Organisation’s Warships Support Agency of the British Ministry of Defence to service Olympus and Tyne engines for the Royal Navy and for the French, Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies.

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