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Northrop Gets $135M Air Force IDIQ to Remanufacture Cruise Missile Navigation Tech
Northrop Grumman has secured a 14-year, $135M contract to rebuild the inertial navi- gation component of an air-launched cruise missile system for the U.S. Air Force.
The company will disassemble, clean, in- spect, maintain, reassemble, test and revert the element to mint condition as part of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity con- tract, the Department of Defense said.
USAF is using fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds to cover the initial $21.5M task order under the sole-source IDIQ,
Contract work will primarily take place in Salt Lake City and is expected to be finished by Sept. 3, 2024.
Enter Air to Purchase up to Four
Boeing 737-8 Jets
Boeing and Enter Air announced the Polish airline is expanding its commitment to the 737 family with a new order for two 737-8 airplanes plus options for two more jets.
An all-Boeing operator and Poland’s biggest charter carrier, Enter Air began operations in 2010 with a single 737 airplane. Today, the airline’s fleet includes 22 Next-Generation 737s and two 737 MAX airplanes. When the new purchase agreement is fully exercised, Enter Air’s 737 MAX fleet will rise to 10 aircraft.
Raytheon Technologies Awarded
$92.5M Air Force Munition Dat-
alink Radio IDIQ
Raytheon Technologies will provide datalink radios for the U.S. Air Force’s standoff preci- sion guided munition system under a one-year, $92.5M contract.
The company will help the service branch integrate, test and operate weapons data link communications technology to support situ- ational awareness efforts, the Department of Defense said in early September.
Raytheon will receive $1M at the time of award and perform work in Fullerton, Cali- fornia.
Sylmar, CA. Company Wins NATO
Sonar Contract
L3Harris Technologies has won a contract to build two sonar systems for an undisclosed member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion, or NATO, at its ocean systems manufac- turing plant in Sylmar.
The contract requires L3Harris to build two low-frequency active towed sonar, or LFATS, systems for a military ally. Such systems are used on ships to detect and track submarines. L3Harris designs its systems to perform at a lower operating frequency, making them effec- tive against quiet diesel-electric submarines as well as nuclear submarines.
L3Harris said in a statement it was “a multi- million-dollar contract,” but didn’t disclose its exact value. Under terms of the contract, which was awarded by the Defense Department, the company will build and deliver the sonar systems over the next 26 months.
General Atomics to Supply
Belgium Remotely Piloted Air-
craft
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has received a $188.9M sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide four MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles to Belgium as part of a foreign military sales transaction.
The undefinitized contract action also in- cludes the procurement of ground control stations, support equipment and spares, the Department of Defense said in late August.
The AF Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity and will obligate $94.3M in FMS funds at the time of award.
Work will take place in Poway, Calif., through March 31, 2024.
Phat Scooters Plans to Move
Manufacturing From China
By the first quarter of 2021 the company plans to have its products made only in the United States in a Phoenix building they leased near Sky Harbor Airport.
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