by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2005 | Industry & Trends
Trading in options on the SPADE Defense Index [Amex: DXS] have begun on the American Stock Exchange. The SPADE index is comprised of publicly traded companies in the defense, homeland security, and space marketplace. The options will trade on the February expiration...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, UAVs, USA
AAI Corp. in Hunt Valley, MD received a sole-source $9.9 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services for the RQ-7 Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle system. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, MD and is expected to be...
by Joe Katzman | May 4, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M1A2 Abrams General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, MI received a sole-source $8.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for unique spares for the M1A2 SEP (system enhancement package) Abrams Tank, and M2/M3 Bradley Fighting...
by Joe Katzman | May 3, 2005 | Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Pre-RFP, Scandals & Investigations, Transport & Utility, USA
C-130 Hercules The U.S. Air Force (USAF) recently decided to recompete the lion’s share of a $4 billion contract to update guidance, navigation, communications systems, and cockpit displays for about 670 C-130 Hercules medium transport aircraft. Michael...
by Joe Katzman | May 3, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Alliances, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Radars, Raytheon, Thales
AGS: A321 & Global Hawk(click to view full) NATO said it would sign a EUR 20 million ($26 million) contract on Thursday with a transatlantic consortium led by the Melbourne, FL operations of Northrop Grumman and by Europe’s EADS. The consortium beat out a...