by Fred Donovan | May 29, 2023 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Trident II D5 Test Launch (click to view full) Nuclear tipped missiles were first deployed on board US submarines at the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, to deter a Soviet first strike. The deterrence theorists argued that, unlike their land-based cousins,...
by Emily Erhold | May 26, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Boeing won a $14.2 million order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This order provides manufacturing, assembly and delivery of various peculiar support equipment in support of the F/A-18E/F program. Work will be performed in St. Louis,...
by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2023 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Support Functions - Other, USA
All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2023 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Elbit Systems, Engines - Aircraft, European Union (EU), GE, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Japan, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rockets, Rolls Royce, Spotlight articles, T&C - SAIC, USA
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...
by Emily Erhold | May 24, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Rolls-Royce won a $21.5 million modification, which exercises an option for the production and delivery of eight AE1107C engines in support of the V-22 Osprey for the Navy. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in...
