by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | ABM, Budgets, Lobbying, Naval Equipment, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, USA
As Japan promises to build a new missile defense system, Pentagon leaders charged with protecting the country against a ballistic missile attack asked Congress March 15 for $7.8 billion to sustain development of the nation’s first missile defense system through...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. of North Charleston, SC won a $47.2 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering, technical, logistic and installation support services to support all Navy submarine and surface ship hull,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 21, 2005 | BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Robots, USA
ARV-Assault Concept United Defense L.P. of Santa Clara, CA (soon to be part of BAE Systems), received a $3 million increment as part of a $30.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development of an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) platform. The ARV is an...
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...