by Fred Donovan | Mar 23, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
Up to $160M to ManTech to support LRSW space launch operations. (March 23/10) The US Air Force’s Launch and Range Systems Wing (LRSW) is modernizing the US space launch ranges – the Eastern Range (Patrick AFB, FL) and the Western Range (Vandenberg AFB, CA)...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 22, 2010 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, General Dynamics, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Non-Lethal Weapons, Other Corporation, Russia, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* Oppenheimer analyst boosts Boeing’s rating, cuts Lockheed Martin’s. * Australia’s first 3 F/A-18F Block II Super Hornets begin their flight to Australia. * Helibras breaks ground on new manufacturing facility for Brazil’s EC725 medium...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 22, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
Qatar(click for full region) ITT recently announced a contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide supply, food service, transportation, public works, community service, medical, safety, environmental, fire, and postal operations support at Camp As Sayliyah,...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 22, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, IT - General, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, USA
Sub HDR SATCOM Antenna(click to view larger) Raytheon in Marlborough, MA received a $28.1 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00039-08-C-0115) for 8 submarine high data-rate (Sub HDR) SATCOM antenna systems. The Sub HDR (OE-562)...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 21, 2010 | Airbus, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Honeywell, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA
* EADS CEO says the company is looking to buy a medium-sized defense company in the US; last US acquisition was PlantCML. * The use of metrology-assisted machining, manufacturing, and assembly is growing in the aerospace sector. * Strategy Analytics: Annual market for...