Defense Procurement News

This short note at Forbes.com indicates that the UK government will buy KC-30 aircraft manufactured by EADS and with Rolls-Royce engines. This is a much smaller contract then the US Air Force one, but it builds on that success. I don’t know who else bid on this contract, but one would assume it had to be Boeing as there is nobody else. The contract will be worth $26 B dollars.

In another example about how diversified the world of defense contracting is, Rolls-Royce won a $7 M research contract for their Pascagoula, MS facility. They will conduct research on coating metal parts with boron and nickel to reduce friction. The facility right now produces propellers, and plans to construct large water jets for future Navy applications. See more about the award here. You can read more about Rolls-Royce in Mississippi here.