US Army continues CROWS production
Filed under: Contract Awards, Konsberg, Norway, U.S. Army, production program
Kongsberg received further work under the general CROWS contract. The Crew Remotely Operated Weapon System provides a way for soldiers to work sensors and weapons while staying under armor. Kongsberg makes parts of the overall system and this is a continuation of earlier contracts. The overall CROWS contract is worth over $1 B, and this contract has a value of over $200 M.
See The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch.com for more.
Army buys more force protection FLIR systems
Filed under: Contract Awards, FLIR, SMDC, U.S. Army, production program
FLIR Inc, known more for their aircraft installed systems, won a continuation of the contract to provide ground based systems for base and force protection. The US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command awarded the $96 M contract. FLIR has won several contracts related to this system which provides surveillance of the areas around bases.
The Associated Press reports here.
DoD buys drugs
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Express Scripts, logistics, medicine
Express Scripts corporation was awarded a one year contract with four option years to provide prescriptions to DoD members, retirees and dependents. See an article here. If the full value of the contract is executed it will be worth about $2.8 B. DoD has been moving steadily to outsource a great deal of its medical care over the last thirty years and this is a continued part of that. This is continuation of work that Express Scripts has been doing since 2004.
Navy needs sailors
Filed under: Bearing Point, Contract Awards, IT, U.S. Navy, training
Bearingpoint was awarded a contract by the US Navy to provide management tools for the Recruiting Command. See a press release here. The contract is worth over $12 M and is a continuation of Bearingpoint’s work over the last few years. As with many other types of corporations the military spends a great deal of money on custom software and database applications. This is actually a large business and is often subsumed within the SETA support contracts.
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