Nov 15, 2009 14:12 UTC
WGS-2 Launches
from Cape Canaveral
ITT Corp.’s Systems Division in Cape Canaveral, FL received a $7 million task order to support the US Air Force’s Eastern and Western missile ranges.
The task order was issued as part of a 10-year, $1.3 billion contract awarded to ITT by the USAF.
The contract calls for ITT to modernize the USAF Spacelift Range System (SLRS). This work includes support for spacecraft launch, as well as ballistic missile and aeronautical testing.
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Nov 15, 2009 12:45 UTC
APS Contracting in Patterson, NJ won a $10.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to complete construction of a new guns and weapons laboratory at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
Picatinny Arsenal is the site of the Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) and the US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). The center’s mission is to conduct research, development and engineering for all assigned weapon systems. Picatinny Arsenal covers 6,491 acres in Morris County, NJ, approximately 45 miles west of New York City.
The US Army Corps of Engineers New York District is overseeing construction of the guns and weapons lab and warehouse space…
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Nov 15, 2009 10:14 UTC
Terex’s MAC-50 Crane
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Terex Corp. in Fredericksburg, VA received a $7 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the US Marine Corps (USMC) to provide maintenance logistics support for the company’s 50-ton military all-terrain cranes (MAC-50) in Afghanistan and Iraq. This contract contains an option, which if exercised, will bring the total contract value to $8.9 million.
Terex will provide maintenance and supply support for the cranes and technical assistance to units operating the crane outside the continental United States. The company will provide personnel, material, services and support documentation; field service representatives; maintenance and parts.
The USMC ordered up to 130 MAC-50 cranes from Terex in 2005.
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Nov 15, 2009 08:16 UTC
US Navy Working TFU
American Apparel in Selma, AL received a maximum $8.1 million firm-fixed-price with indefinite-quantity contract to supply items for the US Navy Task Force Uniform (TFU).
The original Navy TFU contract was awarded to Wellstone Apparel in 2007; American Apparel purchased Wellstone in 2009.
The Navy TFU was redesigned in 2006 to provide a single working uniform for all ranks.
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