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$13.2M for Afghan Border Police Facilities

$13.2M for Afghan Border Police Facilities

Afghanistan(click to view full) ECC, Inc. in Burlingame, CA received a $13.2 million firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of facilities for the Afghan National Police Border Police Zone. Work will be performed in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, and is...

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Saudi M113 Fleet Upgrades Underway

Saudi M113 Fleet Upgrades Underway

M113(click to view full) Saudi Arabia has an unusual land forces structure whereby it has an "American brigade" (8th Armored Brigade) currently armed with US equipment like M1 Abrams tanks, M2 Bradleys et. al., and a "French brigade" (4th Armored Brigade) armed with...

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4 Story Addition to James A. Lovell Health Care Center

4 Story Addition to James A. Lovell Health Care Center

Signed Walsh Construction in Chicago, IL received a $71.6 million firm-fixed price contract to build a 4-story addition to the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL. The work also provides for some demolition and renovation work for tie-in...

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Finland Buys LITENING AT Pods

Finland Buys LITENING AT Pods

Finnish F/A-18D(click to view full) June 16/08: Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL received a $9.1 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-08-C-0007) for hardware and services required to operate and maintain AN/AAQ-28...

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USA: Contracts for Shelters, Components & Trailers

USA: Contracts for Shelters, Components & Trailers

MGPTS module Some have wondered, as they observe fabric tents being used as hurricane-relief shelters on the US Gulf Coast during hurricane season, and in war zones like Iraq where incoming fire is a fact of life, whether there might be a better way that would offer...

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Construction at Ft Lewis, WA Includes SOF Complexes

Construction at Ft Lewis, WA Includes SOF Complexes

2003 Ranger Rendezvous(click to view full) M.A. Mortenson Co. in Minneapolis, MN received a $72.1 million firm-fixed price contract for a design/build project at Fort Lewis, WA, including 2 Special Operations Forces complexes. Work is expected to be complete by May...

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Those Expensive 360 Degree MRAP Lighting Kits

Those Expensive 360 Degree MRAP Lighting Kits

Kit on Cougar On May 30/08, the Pentagon announced a pair of MRAP-related multiple-award small business contracts worth almost half a billion dollars if all options are exercised. Working through the Navy Electronic Commerce Office, the US Marine Corps Systems Command...

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