More Foreign Sales Of The F-16

January 4, 2010 by Matthew Potter · 2 Comments
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Department of Defense, Egypt, Events, FMS, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Services, production program 

Fresh off of a recent sale of F-16 fighters to Morocco Lockheed Martin announced a further deal with a North African country. Egypt through the U.S. Air Force will go ahead and purchase up to twenty-four of the aircraft. These two deals will help keep the production line open for several more months. The U.S. and many of its allies are moving out with the F-35 JSF as a replacement for the F-16 Falcon which has been in use for thirty years.

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AgustaWestland North America Awarded U.S. Navy Contract — Press Release

November 18, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Agusta Westland, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Egypt, Events, Military Aviation, Press Releases, Services, U.S. Navy, logistics 

AgustaWestland North America Awarded U.S. Navy Contract

RESTON, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ — AgustaWestland North America (AWNA) is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded a $17.35M U.S. Navy contract to provide depot level maintenance on three Egyptian Mk-2 variant H-3 helicopters. The contract provides full funding for this effort, which began in November 2008, and calls for complete refurbishment of the aircraft structure and all aircraft components. AWNA will also complete all safety checks to ensure the aircraft are flight ready.

Work will be carried out at the company’s 88,000 square foot maintenance repair and overhaul facility in Hagerstown, Maryland. Up to 20 new employees are expected to be added to the existing staff of 26 at Hagerstown Airport. All work on the H-3 helicopters is estimated to be completed in December of 2010.

“AgustaWestland North America is honored to receive this contract from the U.S. Navy,” said AgustaWestland North America Chief Executive Officer, R. Scott Rettig. “I am proud of our team and our close working relationship with the U.S. Navy. I look forward to future growth and successes of our Hagerstown operations, as we continue to expand our U.S. footprint and meet the specific needs of the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense.”

AgustaWestland North America, a subsidiary of AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is FOCI mitigated and responsible for the company’s U.S. government programs. AgustaWestland is a global leader in designing, manufacturing and supporting the world’s most technologically advanced helicopters. With more than 100 years of experience in the aerospace industry, AgustaWestland provides a full range of rotorcraft for every commercial, government and military application, and an unrivalled capability in training and support solutions.

For further information please contact:
Michael Lugo
Office: 703.373.8019
Mobile: 571.435.4430
Email: mlugo@awnainc.com

Source: AgustaWestland North America

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Egypt To Upgrade Their M1 Tank Fleet

July 22, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Egypt, Events, General Dynamics, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

The Egyptian Government moved to buy equipment to upgrade their M1 tank manufacturing line. The tank has been produced their under agreement with the U.S. and General Dynamics. GD signed a contract worth about $45 million to provide the tools, gauges, fixtures and machine tools. This will allow the line to produce an upgraded variant of the tank.

The U.S. has been providing Egypt with significant amounts of modern equipment as part of the aid promised once they signed the peace agreement with Israel. This has extended to aircraft, radars, vehicles and other hardware. There has also been training, maintenance and production help. Prior to this the Egyptians relied on Soviet designed and made equipment as they fought the four wars with Israel between 1948 and 1973.

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