by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Top Stories, USA
F119 Engine:Vectored ThrustUnited Technologies Corp. of East Hartford, CT received a $10M firm fixed price contract and cost-plus fixed-fee contract to provide 48 Lot 6 F119 jet engines and associated support. The F119-PW-100 is manufactured by the Pratt &...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Events, Fighters & Attack, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, Top Stories
F-15K [see video] The F-15K Strike Eagle made its first flight in St. Louis last week. Flown by Boeing Chief F-15 Test Pilot Joe Felock and Chief Weapons Systems Officer Rick Junkin, the F-15K completed an aggressive speed run easily surpassing Mach 2, accomplished...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Top Stories, Transport & Utility, USA
MV-22 Osprey Despite threats of program cancellation in the Pentagon’s upcoming budget, the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office of Patuxent River, MD is being awarded an $8.4M cost-plus-award-fee delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2005 | Boeing, Scandals & Investigations, Space, Top Stories, USA
The Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S. Air Force will reinstate Boeing as a “good corporate citizen” after an 18-month suspension, so it can once again bid for rocket orders that could be worth as much as $4B. In July 2003, the USAF imposed this...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2005 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Top Stories, USA
Phalanx systemRaytheon Systems Co. of Tucson, AZ received a not to exceed $129M firm fixed price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-5460) for the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS). The contract includes Block 1B upgrades, overhauls, parts and...
