by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
RQ-5 Hunter Back in August 2005, DID covered a $214 million contract for System Development and Demonstration for the Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – aka. the Warrior UAV, which leveraged technologies from the Predator UAV family to...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 13, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, USA
Mid Eastern Builders Inc. in Chesapeake, VA won a $17 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a fuel pump house at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC. That base is home to the 4th Fighter Wing’s F-15E Strike Eagles, and the 916th Air Refueling...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2006 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
Rafale-M carrier launch(click to view full) The UK is the only Tier 1 F-35 partner aside from the USA, and with other participants wobbling and EU-related political pressures trying to pry members away, Britain’s ongoing participation matters a great deal to the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, United Technologies
F135 assembly(click to view full) Melbourne-based family company Production Parts won what is potentially Australia’s biggest-ever military aircraft engine parts deal: an agreement to supply high-pressure turbine supports for the JSF’s Pratt & Whitney...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 10, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Forces - Naval, IT - Software & Integration, Simulation & Training, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Small business qualifier SkillsNET Government Ltd. in Waxahachie, TX received a $35 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to provide operation, maintenance, analysis, training, technical services, and a commercial-off-the-shelf...
