Marines award MRAP contract
Filed under: Contract Awards, Force Protection, U.S. Marine Corps, logistics, production program
Force Protection was awarded a contract by the USMC to support MRAP vehicles. See the press release here. The contract is worth over $40 M and will last over a year. Force Protection had recently had some issues winning MRAP contracts, and this win will be welcome. For more see this and this.
Konsberg wins CROWS contract
Filed under: Contract Awards, Norway, U.S. Army, production program
The US Army awarded Konsberg a contract to provide Crew Remotely Operated Weapon System (CROWS) II turrets. See an article here. Konsberg is a Norwegian company that is involved in the oil industry, commercial shipping and defense. There website is here. The contract is worth $117 M and will provide weapon mounts that fit within the CROWS turret. The CROWS is mounted on US Army vehicles and allows the gunner to stay inside it and operate whatever weapon is installed - usually machine guns or automatic grenade launchers.
DARPA awards contract to continue development of micro UAV
Filed under: AeroVironment, Contract Awards, DARPA, development program
AeroVironment won follow-on work from DARPA to continue development of a micro UAV. See the story here. The goal is to make an aircraft that mimics flying insects. The contract is for a Nano Air Vehicle. AeroVironment had won the Phase I of the project and this will continue into Phase II. The contract has the option for going for several months if progress is made. The idea of a UAV that looks like insects, or small animals, has been mooted for some time as it seems pretty stealthy way of getting intelligence. Of course the trick is making the package small enough but with some capability.
DoD awards contract for engineering services at ranges
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Orbital Systems, SETA, development program, missile defense
Orbital won a contract to provide engineering and analytical services to all three US armed services at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). They are also part of a team supporting efforts at Wallops Range in Virginia which is used a great deal by NASA. See the story here. The contract, called Theoretical Studies and Engineering Services (TSER), will support all developmental activities at WSMR. This range is used to support air and ballistic missile defense tests.
Navistar wins contract to build trucks for US Allies
Filed under: Contract Awards, Iraq, Navistar, U.S. Army, afghanistan, logistics
The US Army awarded Navistar a contract for 7,000 odd trucks for the Afghan and Iraqi governments. The value of the contract is over $1B. See the press release here. This is on top of a previous award for vehicles and support for the US Army. Navistar is also bidding as part of one of the teams for the JLTV.
Force Protection sued by share holders
Filed under: Earnings, Force Protection, Press Releases, crime, production program
In an action related to previous posts, here and here, it seems that some of the Force Protection shareholders are suing the company and management. The press release is here. Congress has recently made it harder to win these kind of lawsuits as it was felt they had been abused in the past. The crux of the matter is that executives were misleading about the company’s future, and points to DoD reports that contracts to Force Protection had not been awarded properly. This will take some time to work out in the courts. Force Protection has recently struggled to win contracts.
Struggling Force Protection wins UK contract
Filed under: Contract Awards, England, FMS, Force Protection, production program
Force Protection announced that they had been awarded a contract to deliver 157 MRAP to the UK armed forces. See the press release here. Force Protection had been struggling as they won very little of the last US contract for MRAP vehicles. This contract will certainly tide them over for several months as it is worth an estimated $125 M. See a post here on Force Protection’s situation.
Marines order MRAPs from BAE
Filed under: BAE Systems, Contract Awards, Force Protection, U.S. Marine Corps, production program
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 BAE contract includes money for developmental upgrades and for Contractor Logistics Support (CLS).
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