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Military and Aerospace Electronics (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
LIBERTY LAKE, Wa., 19 Aug. 2008. SprayCool, maker of liquid-cooled tactical enclosure products, won a production contract from Northrop Grumman Corp. to supply electronics enclosures for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS). Under this contract, each of the first five of 25 currently planned Block 30 aircraft will get outfitted with two SprayCool enclosures....
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lockheed Martin Corp lost out on a Navy patrol plane contract because of problems with past work on the unmanned Predator aircraft it proposed, offsetting a $5 billion higher life-cycle cost of Northrop Grumman Corp's winning bid.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp lost out on a Navy patrol plane contract because of problems with past work on the unmanned Predator aircraft it proposed, offsetting a $5 billion higher life-cycle cost of Northrop Grumman Corp's winning bid.
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Defense Department, in talks with Chicago-based Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. on the reopened $35 billion refueling tanker bidding, said it plans to issue the final request for proposals next week.
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Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Nick Wakeman writes on Washington Technology : The Transportation Security Administration has changed course on its $2 billion Information Technology Infrastructure Program contract and will allow Northrop Grumman Corp. and Unisys Corp. to compete for the lucrative contract, an agency spokesman said. The two companies filed protests with the Government Accountability Office and...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
... up with a proposal that meets this requirement."In the last round of the competition, Boeing and Northrop Grumman Corp., which won the contract in February, had about "seven to eight months" to submit bids after a draft proposal was announced, Beck said. The competition was reopened after a successful protest by Boeing."We are asking for six months to put together a meaningful proposal"...
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KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (AP) - Final guidelines will be released next week for the latest round of bidding on a disputed $35 billion contract to replace an aging fleet of Air Force refueling planes, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.The two likely bidders - Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. - met for the third time in two weeks Wednesday with Defense Department officials at Wright-Patterson...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... Vehicle (JLTV) program, a new family of vehicles that will be used by the Army, the Marine Corps and U.S. special forces.Military officials want the vehicles to have some armor, network connectivity, and be light enough to be able to be transported by a range of aircraft, including helicopters.Several big defense contractors are bidding for the work, which analysts say could be worth $10...
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KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... the service's acquisition chief.In November 2006, Chicago-based Boeing beat Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft for a deal to upgrade 141 Sikorsky helicopters used to recover troops caught behind enemy lines. Both losing bidders successfully protested the Air Force's decision claiming the service unfairly evaluated the bids. All three companies...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... the service's acquisition chief.In November 2006, Chicago-based Boeing beat Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft for a deal to upgrade 141 Sikorsky helicopters used to recover troops caught behind enemy lines. Both losing bidders successfully protested the Air Force's decision claiming the service unfairly evaluated the bids. All three companies...
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The Los Angeles Business (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
On Thursday, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced a four-year contract worth more than $250 million for logistics services on C-20 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. (NOC)
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Protoflight Model (PFM) that will fly aboard the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) has entered final integration and acceptance testing. Ball Aerospace expects to complete integration and testing in August, and deliver the OMPS PFM for spacecraft integration...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Despite supporters' claims that the competition is biased against it, Boeing got what it wanted from newly released Pentagon guidelines for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, according to the chief executive of rival bidder Northrop Grumman.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
WASHINGTON - Despite supporters' claims that the competition is biased against it, The Boeing Co. got what it wanted from newly released Pentagon guidelines for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, according to the chief executive of rival bidder Northrop Grumman.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Despite supporters' claims that the competition is unfairly slanted against it, Boeing got what it wanted from newly released Pentagon guidelines for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, according to the chief executive of rival bidder Northrop Grumman.
