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Archives by date > 2009 > December > 17th

Australia Signs Long-Term S-70B Seahawk Maintenance Contract

Dec 17, 2009 15:27 UTC

RAN S-70B-2

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The Australian government recently announced a multi-year In Service Support contract to BAE Systems Australia Ltd., covering the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of 16 S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters. Australia’s naval S-70s contain features from the US Navy’s SH-60B and SH-60F Seahawks, and were delivered from 1988-1992. The new 7-year, A$ 208 million (currently $187 million) support contract begins in April 2010, and is expected to run until existing Seahawks are withdrawn from service. Extension options could lengthen that period, however; and there have been recent reports that the Australian DoD is recommending Sikorsky’s new MH-60R Seahawk as a successor, rather than Eurocopter’s NH90 NFH variant of the Australian Army’s new transport helicopters.

BAE’s ISS contract will provide engineering, maintenance, and some supply services. It’s expected to support 130 jobs in new expanded facilities at the Albatross Aviation Technology Park, located near the S-70B fleet’s base at HMAS Abatross in Nowra, New South Wales, as well as securing a number of industry positions in Nowra, Melbourne and Amberley. See also BAE Australia release.

$42M to Sperry Marine for PBL Support for US Navy Steering, Navigation Systems

Dec 17, 2009 12:11 UTC

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Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit in Charlottesville, VA received a follow-on contract to provide performance-based logistics (PBL) support for navigation and steering systems installed on US Navy surface ships and submarines.

The contract was awarded by Naval Inventory Control Point in Mechanicsburg, PA exercising a 3-year option on a previously awarded 5-year PBL contract. The total value of the 3-year contract is $42 million…

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Knik to Pave Perimeter Road at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Dec 17, 2009 08:30 UTC

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USS Saipan [LHA-2] docks at
Naval Base Guantanamo Bay

Knik Construction Co. in Seattle, WA received a $30 million firm-fixed-price task order (#0012) under an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity paving and resurfacing construction contract for paving of the perimeter road at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Founded in 1903, US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay is the oldest US base overseas. Located on the southeast corner of Cuba, in the Oriente Province, the base is about 400 air miles from Miami, FL…

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