USAF KC-10(click to view full) Northrop Grumman has beaten out incumbent contractor Boeing to snag the 10-year, $3.8 billion contract for KC-10/KDC-10 [PDF] aerial tanker logistics support. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman's team will provide depot-level...
RAF Chinook in Afghanistan(click to view full) The Chinook CH-47 is the UK's "aircraft of choice in Afghanistan for heavy lift," says Pete Worrall, director general helicopters at the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Defence Equipment & Support organization. The high...
The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk awarded 3 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts, worth up to $103.2 million, to provide decision support services for the Navy Personnel Research Studies and Technology Division of the...
Hutchinson Industries in Trenton, NJ received a maximum $106.6 million firm-fixed price, sole-source contract to supply run-flat kits for Hummers. The run-flat kit [PDF] consists of a hard rubber insert that goes inside the Hummer tire. If the tire is shot or...
Fort Benning's New HospitalArtist's rendition(click to view larger) Turner Construction Co. in Huntsville, AL won [PDF] a $333.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build a 745,000-square-foot hospital at Fort Benning, GA, almost 2 times the size of the...
Fort Lewis' 3rd Brigadeon the move(click to view full) The US Army is planning to spend $589 million on new construction to accommodate the conversion of existing brigade combat teams (BCTs) to modern BCTs at Forts Wainwright, Carson, Bragg, and Lewis. US Army Corps...
Taking Stock(click to view larger) The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, PA, awarded 3 contracts worth up to $60 million for a Department of Defense pharmaceutical reverse distribution program. The program enables the return of and credit for overstocked, expired,...
Not to be outdone by the US Air Force's recent environmental contracts announcement, the US Army is paying out up $945 million in environmental remediation contracts to a number of the same firms. The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded [pdf] shared-capacity indefinite...
Flooding in Chalmette, LAfrom Hurricane Katrina(click to view larger) Odebrecht-Baker in Coral Gables, FL won a $278.8 million construction contract for levee improvements to the Chalmette Loop from Verret to Caernarvon in St. Bernard Parish, LA. The Chalmette Loop...