RQ-7 Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) AAI Corp., a Hunt Valley, MD-based unit of Textron, received a $39 million production order for additional RQ-7 Shadow tactical UAVs. The order includes 2 Shadow units for the US Army and 1 unit for the US Marine Corps. Each...
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Dyncorp to Support US Naval Test Wing Atlantic
Naval Air Station Patuxent River(click to view larger) Dyncorp International in Fort Worth, TX received an $8.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for management and logistic services in support of the US Naval Test Wing Atlantic's research, development, test, and...
Up to $750M to 5 Firms for NAVFAC Washington Area Construction
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington awarded 5 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity large multiple award construction (MAC) contracts for various construction projects within NAVFAC Washington's area of responsibility. The maximum dollar...
Czechs Buying Dingos, Iveco MLVs for Afghanistan
Czech Republic soldiers have deployed a Provincial Reconstruction Team as part of NATO's ISAF mission to Afghanistan's southern Logar province, along the Pakistani border havens. The USA offered to lend them more than 20 up-armored Hummers for the duration, but the...
Tepa to Build Battalion Complex at Ford Carson, CO
Tepa EC in Colorado Springs, CO received a $15.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a battalion complex, company operation facility, and unmanned vehicle hangar at Fort Carson, CO. Fort Carson is located on the south side of Colorado Springs,...
$151.2M to Lockheed Martin for Army HIMARS Launchers
M142 HIMARS(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Missile and Fires Control in Grand Prairie, TX received a $151.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) full rate production Lot 5 launchers for the US Army....
New USAF Nuclear Command Gets SAIC Support
The newly established USAF Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is taking over responsibility for the USA's ICBM force as part of an effort to unify all USAF nuclear assets under 1 command. Based at Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, the command was stood up on Aug 7/09 to...
Up to $16M to Herley for USAF Target Drone Avionics
BQM-167A AFSAT Launch Herley Industries in Lancaster, PA received a multi-year option contract with a potential value of $16 million from prime contractor Composite Engineering in Sacramento, CA to supply Herley's avionics suite for the BQM-167A Air Force Subscale...
OM Group to Acquire Defense Battery Supplier EaglePicher Technologies for $171.9M
OM Group in Cleveland, OH agreed to acquire EaglePicher Technologies, a Joplin, MO-based manufacturer of batteries, battery management systems and energetic devices for the defense, aerospace, and medical industries, from EaglePicher Corp. for $171.9 million. In...

