* 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 helicopters. * Carafano: US...
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,...
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)...
* 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...
Getting knowledge now(click to view full) As the saying goes, knowledge is power. And for one US airman it proved to be the key to carry out a challenging task in a difficult environment - to set up an armory in Baghdad in the months following the March 2003 US...
The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group in Pasadena, CA (N62470-10-D-2019) and HDR Engineering in Colorado Springs, CO (N62470-10-D-2020) for...
* USA DOE drawing up a strategic plan to deal with China's dominance of key rare-earth mineral supplies. * People as policy: Northrop Grumman appoints new head for X-47B N-UCAS stealth UAV program - but that's just one piece of a bigger picture. * Littoral Combat Ship...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contracts to 9 companies for commercial and military institutional building construction in the Southwest United States. The maximum...
* Defense executive panel offers advice to contractors on future industry challenges. * Nordic Alliance proposal continues to make political progress. * ASDReports.com: Global market for armored vehicles will reach $10.3 billion, fueled by continued IED threat. * US...