Lockheed Martin awarded a Norwegian company, Kongsberg, a contract to make parts for the F-35 JSF. See an article here. In an unrelated matter Norway is looking at buying either JSF or Swedish Gripen aircraft to replace their F-16 fleet. Kongsberg will get the contract worth up to $1 B or more [...]

The Army signed a contract with EnergySolutions for disposal of low-level nuclear waste. See the press release here. It is a five year contract worth over $20 M. There is no description of where the waste is being generated, but it is most likely from the manufacture or disposal of Depleted Uranium [...]

In a contact that is an example of several things, Adams Brothers Produce of Montgomery, AL won a contract worth $7 M or so to provide fruits and vegetables. See the story here. This shows that DoD buys small things, big things, cheap and expensive things. It didn’t say if these were [...]

Cleveland Biolabs who at the beginning of the year failed to win a large contract from DoD for a drug to treat radiation poisoning was rewarded yesterday with another contract. See the article here. A previous post on the matter can be found here. This contract worth about $9 M pales compared [...]

The British government gave Lockheed Martin a contract worth $200 M for a system similar to Blue Force Tracker. See the article here. The Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) provides situational awareness for troops so that they may minimize friendly fire incidents. Blue Force Tracker (BFT) is the equivalent type of [...]

The USMC awarded BAE a contract worth $715 M to build two versions of MRAPs for the Corps. See the press release here. BAE is moving to seize a large part of the MRAP business from the various US services. For the struggles of Force Protection lately see this past post. The [...]

Northrop-Grumman received a contract worth $37 M to upgrade Japan’s E-2C aircraft. See an article here. Originally a carrier based Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS); several countries like Egypt, Israel, Singapore and Japan have bought it to base on land and use in their restricted airspace.

Earlier, here, we had written about some concern in Australia about awarding Unisys a IT contract based on some issues they had with American contracts. According to AustralianIT they went ahead and awarded the contract worth $240 M (Australian) to the company.