$72.7M for Post-Shakedown Work on USN’s New CVN-77 Carrier

by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2009 | New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation

CVN-77: sea trials(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, VA is being awarded a $72.7 million contract modification to cover the USS George H. W. Bush’s (CVN 77) Post Shakedown Availability/Selected Restricted Availability....

Non-Standard Ammo Orders for Iraq

by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2009 | Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Iraq, Other Corporation, USA

Iraqis train: M240B, PKMs(click to view full) June 11/09: Agility Logistics subsidiary Taos Industries Inc. in Huntsville, AL won a $30.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for 33,400,938 rounds of “various non standard ammunition” for the Republic of Iraq....

$87.3M to Raytheon for MTS Surveillance and Targeting Turrets

by Joe Katzman | Jun 11, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, UAVs, USA

MQ-1’s MTS-A turret(click to view full) June 10/09: Raytheon Co. of McKinney, TX received a firm-foxed-price, not-to-exceed $87.3 million contract to buy 35 “MTS-A” AN/AAS-52 surveillance and targeting turrets for use on MQ-1 Predator UAVs. This...

Canada’s CSEC SIGINT Agency Building New Facilities

by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Canada, IT - Cyber-Security, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Procurement Innovations, Public Partnering, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc.

The Canadian Communication Security Establishment (CSEC) plays the same role in Canada that the ultra-secretive NSA (National Security Agency) does in the USA, and cooperates closely with its American counterpart. Unlike counterparts like the Canadian CSIS, or...

$49.9M US Contract for 300 Winchester Magnum Ammo

by Joe Katzman | Jun 10, 2009 | Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, USA

MK13 Mod 5(click to view full) ATK subsidiary Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, MN received a $49.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for .300 Winchester magnum ammunition. Maximum quantity is 80,100 boxes of 480 rounds each,...