FLIR Star SAFIRE IIIthermal system image(click to view larger) FLIR Systems received a $6.7 million contract to supply infrared multi-sensor surveillance systems to unidentified customers in the Middle East and North Africa. The surveillance systems are based on a...
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Up to $124.9M to LM for US Naval Air Terminal Ground Handling Services in Italy
P-3Cs on the flightlineat Naval Air Station Sigonella(click to view full) Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, MD won a $14.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide air terminal ground handling services at US Naval Support Activity Naples and US Naval Air Station...
VSD to Provide Patrol Boat Training Systems to Iraqi Navy
Swiftships' 35-metercoastal patrol boat(click to view larger) VSD, a Virginia Beach, VA-based subsidiary of QED Systems, received a $23 million contract from prime contractor Swiftships Shipbuilders to provide the Iraqi Navy with training and training systems....
Up to $18.7M in Military Sealift Command Ship Overhaul Work
The mission of the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) is to support US forces by delivering supplies and conducting specialized missions across the world's oceans. The command operates approximately 110 noncombatant, civilian-crewed ships that replenish Navy...
$168M to Sikorsky for H-60 Black Hawk Supplies and Support
UH-60 fires flares in Iraq(click to view full) Sikorsky Aircraft, a Stratford, CT-based unit of United Technologies, received a $168.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for H-60 supplies and technical, engineering and logistical support services for a period of 12...
Sperry Marine to Supply Radar for Virginia-class Block III Subs
Virginia Block III bow mods(click to view full) Sperry Marine, a Charlottesville, VA-based unit of Northrop Grumman, received a $20.9 million firm-fixed-price contract (N00024-09-C-5304) to supply AN/BPS-16(v)5 navigation radar systems for 8 US Navy Virginia-class...
US Army Armor School Move to Fort Benning Generates More Construction Work
$243M to Draper Laboratory for Trident II D5 Guidance System Support
Trident II D5 Test Launch(click to view full) The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA received 2 contract modifications worth a combined $243 million to provide engineering support and repair services for the Trident II D5 guidance system. The Trident II...
Flipper Can Find It: US Navy Uses Dolphins to ‘Sniff’ for Mines
Dolphin with mine marker(click to view larger) Just as the dog's keen sense of smell makes it well suited to detect land mines, so the US Navy has found that the biological sonar of dolphins, called echolocation, makes them effective at locating and marking sea mines....

