Pilatus PC-21(click to view full) During the 2009 Dubai airshow, the United Arab Emirates signed a contract with Pilatus to buy 25 PC-21 intermediate trainer aircraft, in a package worth $511 million. That package also covers several training simulators and associated...
Corporation Articles
Up to $233M to BAE Systems for SPAWAR C4ISR Systems Support
BAE Systems received a contract worth up to $233 million to support the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) with engineering services, production engineering, integration, testing, inspection, and installation of various C4ISR (command, control,...
No Dr. Strangelove Here: USAF Takes Steps to Beef Up ICBM Security
Dr. Strangelove(click to view larger) In the 1960s dark comedy Dr. Strangelove, a rogue US Air Force general succeeds in usurping the US "fail-safe" security system preventing unauthorized use of nuclear weapons. As a result, a nuclear weapon is dropped on the Soviet...
Up to $118M to Valero for Aviation Turbine Fuel under FMS Program
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. in San Antonio, TX won a maximum $118 million fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel to an undisclosed foreign customer under the Foreign Military Sales...
France’s Crash Programs Budget Doubled in 2009
Buffalo, arrivé(click to view full) The French DGA procurement agency recently announced [in French] that its 2009 urgences operations (UO, formerly "crash programs") budget doubled from EUR 131 million in 2008 to EUR 260 million in 2009. This change is in line with a...
SELEX Delivering Marte Mk2 Radar Seekers to UAE
Marte Mk2N test(click to view full) Finmeccanica subsidiary SELEX Galileo recently announced [PDF] a EUR 26 million (about $38.7 million) contract for SM-1S radar seekers, as part of an MBDA contract for the provision of Marte MK2/N anti-ship missiles to "a Middle...
EXPRESS Yourself: Up to $848M to SAIC for US Army AMRDEC Support
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) received a follow-on task order from the US Army Aviation and Missile Lifecycle Management Command (AMCOM) to provide professional and engineering support services to the Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development &...
$47M to Engineering Services Network for IT Support at Hill Air Force Base
Engineering Services Network (ESN) in Arlington, VA received a $47 million contract to provide information technology service support to the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The 75th Air Base Wing is responsible for base operating support of all...
Sauer to Repair Hangar at Naval Station Mayport, FL
Sauer in Jacksonville, FL received a $14.7 million firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1274) for Hangar 1552 repairs at Naval Station Mayport in Florida. Under the task order, Sauer will...

