Raytheon's ALR-69A(V) RWR(click to view larger) Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business received a $19.8 million contract for the continued production of ALR-69A(V) radar warning receivers for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins Air Force Base in...
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Food, Glorious Food: DLA Awards up to $70.6M in US Military Food Contracts
Napoleon on Horseback(click to view larger) The great French military strategist and political leader Napoleon once said that "an army marches on its stomach." This is as true today as it was when Napoleon's troops were marching toward Moscow. To ensure that the US...
EADS Adds Thais as TransHospital Customers
TransHospital, Afghanistan(click to view full) Shipping containers are ubiquitous in a globalized world, and many modes of transport on air, sea, and land are adapted to carry them easily. To portability, add protection: their rigid metal construction provides more...
Up to $29.1M to VT Group for CH-47D/F Logistics Support
CH-47D Chinooks(click to view full) VT Group US, a unit of UK-based VT Group, received a contract to provide logistics analyses and support for the Army's fleet of CH-47D/F Chinook cargo helicopters. The contract has a potential value of $29.1 million over a 5 year...
USS Ronald Reagan Gets Makeover Before Returning to Duty
CVN 76 into Pearl(click to view full) The USS Ronald Reagan [CVN-76] is scheduled for a $12.1 million makeover at the hands of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, VA. The aircraft carrier will undergo a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), during which...
DCNS’ 2009 French TLS Naval Service Contracts
FS Latouche Treville(click to view full) DCNS recently announced a EUR 310 million (currently about $462 million) set of multi-year contracts to maintain 22 of the French Navy's ships. The firm has been providing support to the French Navy for a long time, though it...
GAO on US Defense Contract Audit Agency, 2009: Uh-Oh…
On Oct 15/09, the US Congress' GAO audit office published report #GAO-10-163T, "Defense Management: Widespread DCAA Audit Problems Leave Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement." An excerpt: "The Defense Contract Audit Agency...
Up to $95M to SAIC for NGB Architectural and Engineering Services
Science Applications International Corp's Benham Companies subsidiary received a prime contract worth up to $95 million from the National Guard Bureau (NGB) to provide architectural design and engineering services in support of military structures, roadways and...
AFSOC Awards up to $85M in SETA IV Contracts
AFSOC Combat Controllers(click to view full) The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) awarded 3 five-year indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contracts worth up to $85 million to provide advisory and assistance services to AFSOC headquarters. The...

