by Joe Katzman | Aug 13, 2008 | Asstd. Support Equipment, Bases & Infrastructure, Engineer Units, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA
SSN-23 in MSF at Kitsap(click to view full) Aug 11/08: The Watts-Healy Tibbitts joint venture in Honolulu, HI receives an initial $42.4 million increment to build a drive-in magnetic silencing facility at Beckoning Point, Naval Station Pearl Harbor. The 2nd increment...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 13, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Modifications, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad Co. in Elma, WA received a $12.6 million modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N44255-01-C-1002, #P00022) for railroad repairs at Navy Region Northwest, West Sound area. The...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 12, 2008 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Rumours, Thales, Trucks & Transport
ADF Bushmaster, Afghanistan(click to view full) In an Aug 8/08 release, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement Greg Combet congratulated Thales Australia on recent orders for the Bushmaster blast-resistant patrol vehicle. The vehicles currently...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2008 | Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Issues - Political, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
“Cost Pressures Force European Aerospace to Look Outside Europe” has discussed the effects of exchange rates on the European aerospace industry, while “EU Procurement Challenges & Defense Weakness Debated (updated)” offered some expert...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 10, 2008 | Americas - Other, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Stryker APC inMosul traffic jam(click to view full) General Dynamics Land Systems recently announced that the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded them a contract for 615 Stryker wheeled armored personnel carriers (APCs). Initial funding in the...
