CVF Upper Bow(click to view full) Babcock International Group already has a wide range of agreements with the British Royal Navy, including shipbuilding work on vessels that include the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, refit work for ships like HMS Ocean,...
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee term contract worth up to $52.8 million to ITT Corp.'s Advanced Engineering Services Division in Alexandria, VA for research and development in the areas of information architecture and related...
* Boeing, group of US senators, criticize Pentagon's decision to consider granting 60-day extension on KC-X aerial tanker RFP. * UK Defence Industry association A|D|S publishes a manifesto. * A regional response to China's DF-21 ship-killing ballistic missiles? * With...
"Ma Deuce"(click to view full) Olin Corp.'s Winchester Division in East Alton, IL received $43.4 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity with firm-fixed-price orders for .50 calibre M903 saboted light armor penetrator (SLAP) and M962 saboted light armor...
* US GAO releases 2010 Assessments of Selected Weapons Programs - about 70. The summary is finally up, and there is a lot of reading after that. Note that the GAO sets the bar higher for system development readiness - TRL(Technology Readiness Level) 7, not the...
The US Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk's Philadelphia Office awarded 3 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract to provide accounting and financial management service to the Navy Office of Financial...
$442 million in follow-on US military pharma contracts. (March 31/10) Troops require medication of all kinds as a way of managing chronic conditions, handling the wear and ills that are a constant risk on military deployments, etc. Unsurprisingly, militaries tend to...
Puttin' in a sewer line(click to view full) The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded 7 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contracts for wet utilities construction at various US Navy...
* US commission grills US military, KBR over waste, drawdown of 100,000 contractors in Iraq. C-SPAN coverage | Panel members' statements | Commission release | Washington Post | Business Week | CBS News * Updates RE: the sinking of the Pohang Class corvette Cheonan. *...