AM General L.L.C. in South Bend, IN received a $595.8 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract (DAAE07-01-C-S001) for M1151A1s with B1Kit, and to establish ceiling prices for armor kits. DID has covered the new M1151 Hummers before, including their...
M270 firing M30 GMLRS(click to view full) During Desert Storm in 1991, MLRS rocket launchers earned the nickname “steel rain” for their M26 DPICM warhead’s ability to cover a 200m wide area with small grenades. The same system developed to break...
Vortex rocket engine(click to view full) Orbital Technologies Corp. (Orbitec) in Madison, WI received a $24.9 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity with cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to help develop and commercialize Orbitec’s unique vortex rocket...
“OK Arnold, hit it!” Engineering Research and Consulting Inc. in Huntsville, AL received a $72.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursement, firm-fixed-price contract for research in propulsion sciences. This involves on-site theoretical and...
M1A1s + AH-64As, Bosnia(click to view full) The USA isn’t the only country planning an Apache helicopter upgrade these days. In addition to $350 million for 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters plus support, $276 million covering spare parts for American vehicles,...
