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$15M to Air Rover for Air Conditioners

$15M to Air Rover for Air Conditioners

Air Rover ECU(click to view full) Air Rover Inc. of Tyler, TX, won a maximum $15 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Environmental Control Units (ECUs) from the Navy. The units will be used for various types of expeditionary...

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General Atomics Gets $9.8M Predator Terminal Contract

General Atomics Gets $9.8M Predator Terminal Contract

MQ-1 Predator(click to view full) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a $9.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for Predator receiver terminals, installation, and software updates from the USAF. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated....

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Germany Orders New AESA Battlefield Radars

Germany Orders New AESA Battlefield Radars

BUR radar concept(click to view full) EADS will equip the German Armed Forces with a new kind of Active Electronically-Scanning Array (AESA) ground surveillance radar for reliably detecting movements both on the ground, and at low altitudes in the air. The...

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$260M Contract to Upgrade and Maintain Phalanx CIWS

$260M Contract to Upgrade and Maintain Phalanx CIWS

Phalanx C-RAM(click to view full) Close on the heels of a $5.8M contract modification, Raytheon Co. received a $260M contract modification to the Mk. 15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon System (CIWS) Program. This modification entails Block 1B upgrades and conversions, system...

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$144.5M to Boeing for C-17 Retrofits

$144.5M to Boeing for C-17 Retrofits

C-17 over Hawaii(click to view full) The USAF is modifying a firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with Boeing Co. This contract modification, worth $144.5 million, is for the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program to incorporate the...

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South Korea Prepares Naval Combat Systems for KSS-III

South Korea Prepares Naval Combat Systems for KSS-III

South Korea appears to be positioning itself to award a pair of contracts for key submarine systems to local manufacturers. The move would provide early funding for critical systems carried on Korea's future KSS-III 3,000t submarines, which are not expected to make...

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