Pomerleau To Build New Facility For C-130 Training

November 5, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Canada, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, logistics, production program, training

The Canadian government has invested in several C-130J transports from Lockheed Martin. These are to improve their tactical and operational mobility. The aircraft are to be built in the United States but the contract has significant offset requirements so that Lockheed will have to spend money in Canada. As part of their plans to stimulate the economy due to the global recession Canada also planned to invest in defense infrastructure and this kind of project is the kind of thing that they proposed doing.

The Ontario based company Pomerleau, Inc received a contract worth about $40 million Canadian to build the facilities to support C-130J aircrew and maintenance training at the Trenton. The hanger based facility will be completed in 2012.

The U.S. military has been able to utilize some of the stimulus bill money from Congress to build or rehabilitate facilities. These seem to be the kind of project that will generate jobs and investment in the local economy. At the same time like Canada they are getting an enhanced capability.

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U.S. Department of Defense Awards Keres Consulting Contract for Environmental Mitigation Support

August 26, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Events, IT, Keres Consulting, Services, logistics

The U.S. Department of Defense has a very strict environmental management program through all facets of its activities. This includes facility maintenance, training activities and systems procurement. As part of this the Department has a program to mitigate the effects of its activities on Native American owned lands. This Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program is managed by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment).

DoD awarded Keres Consulting a contract worth $3.5 million to provide support to this effort. A Native American owned company from New Mexico the company is ideally suited for this type of work. Keres main role will be to perform outreach to groups affected by these activities as well as collecting information and making recommendations. The contract is for two years.

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U.S. Air Force Awards Alenia North America Approximately $7 Million Training Contract for U.S. Air Advisors in the Afghan C-27/G.222

March 10, 2010 by Business Wire Defense: Contracts News · Comment
Filed under: Syndicated Industry News

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica – a Finmeccanica Company - has been awarded a contract worth approximately $7 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to perform C-27/G.222 aircrew and maintenance training for U.S. Air Advisors to the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC). The contract is for a year of training classes. The initial classes of Air Advisors have completed or are nearing the completion of their courses. The training for