MWH Americas in Broomfield, CO and ARGO/LRS JV in Glen Burnie, MD have joined 42 other companies in being eligible to compete for $3 billion in US Air Force environmental work. The two companies received contracts from the US Air Force Center for Engineering and the...
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RWS for Italy’s LMVs
HITROLE Light(click to view larger) Finmeccanica subsidiary Oto Melara and the Italian Ministry of Defense recently signed a sole-source EUR 20 million (currently $29.7 million) contract to acquire 81 HITROLE Light turrets for Italy's Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV, or...
$25M to GDEB to Staff Agency for Nuclear Submarine Maintenance
USS Hartford [SSN-768] returnsto New London for repairs(click to view full) General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. (GDEB) in Groton, CT received a $25 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-10-C-4302) to staff and operate the Nuclear Regional Maintenance...
LTM Gets $25.8M Order to Support the Fleet Readiness Center East
LTM in Havelock, NC received a $25.8 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-01-D-0101) to support the Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East at Cherry Point, NC. The Naval Air Warfare...
L-3 Link Gets USAF Contracts for E-3, F-16 Simulator Support
L-3 Link F-16 SimulatorHelmet-Mounted Display(click to view full) L-3 Link Simulation and Training received 2 US Air Force contracts to provide training and simulation support for the E-3 AWACS and F-16 fighter aircraft. Under the 1st contract (F42630-00-C-0024),...
Triple Canopy’s Catch-22 in Iraq
(click to visit) "Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets" says the ProPublica headline. They're talking about a firm called Triple Canopy, a security contractor who replaced Blackwater (now Xe) as the US...
$76M to ManTech to Provide IT Support for National Media Exploitation Center
Up to $49.1M to IDT for Software Testing Product for Submarine Weapon Systems
USS Toledo (SSN-769)Sonar System(click to view full) Small business qualifier Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) in Arlington, VA received a $49.1 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for software development and...
Raytheon Buys High-Tech Defense Firm BBN for $350M
Raytheon has completed its acquisition of BBN Technologies, a provider of high-tech defense products, for approximately $350 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. BBN's defense portfolio includes advanced networking, speech and language technologies,...

