USAF awards satellite support contract

The US Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth over $200 M to support the DSP constellation of satellites. Northrop-Grumman will make sure the satellites are working and provide analysis of the data they collect. The company manufactured the infra-red sensors installed on them. DSP primary mission is to detect the launch of missiles and rockets. They have been used for over thirty years and will eventually be replaced by the SBIRS system.

See the press release at MarketWatch.com.

Air Force executes JASSM production option

Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract by the US Air Force for production of 111 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and related services. The contract has a value of $107 M. See the press release here. The missiles will be produced at the company’s facility in Troy, AL. The JASSM has now had over a 1000 units ordered with a production goal of 4,000. For more on the system you can read Wikipedia here.

Air Force awards LAIRCM contract to Boeing

February 25, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, U.S. Air Force, production program 

Boeing won a contract to buy and install Large Aircraft Infra-Red Countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems on US Air Force aircraft. These would go on tankers and transports and provide protection against heat-seeking missiles. While no aircraft has recently been attacked in Iraq or Afghanistan there remains the chance that it will be. Forbes.com article on this is here. The contract is worth $77 M.

Army awards two contracts to Raytheon for PATRIOT

February 13, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Raytheon, U.S. Army 

Raytheon announced that they had won two contracts to support the Army’s PATRIOT program. See the article on bizjournals.com for more. The two contracts are worth $377 M and provide for the refurbishment of launchers and missiles.