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 Boeing Awarded Contract for
Eight AH-6 Helicopters for Thai-
land
Boeing has been awarded a $103.7 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense as part of a foreign military sale for eight AH-6 light attack reconnaissance helicop- ters to Thailand. The contract also includes spares, training devices, support equipment, and technical publications for the Royal Thai Army.
The deal paves the way for the Royal Thai Army to replace its fleet of aging AH-1F Cobras as part of the country’s defense moderniza- tion efforts. The aircraft will be produced in Mesa, Arizona, with deliveries planned through 2024.
Endera Expands Pomona R&D
Facility
The Navy’s $10.5 million task order, pro- vides for the stand-up of an Advanced Arrest- ing Gear system depot facility for depot level repairs, to include shipboard (on-equipment) repairs and overhaul, and turn in depot level repairable units (off-equipment) repairs, and other repairable components over the lifecycle of the system.
Some 77% of the work will be performed in San Diego while.
Hundreds of Jobs Expected as Northrop Grumman Expands its Arizona Satellite-Manufacturing
Plant
Northrop Grumman in early May marked the completion of its expanded satellite factory in Gilbert to help meet growing demand for spacecraft.
The expansion adds 120,000 square feet to the prior 135,000-square-foot facility near McQueen and Elliot roads. Roughly 850 people now work at the factory and hundreds more will join them over an unspecified timetable.
“We have manufactured and delivered over 100 spacecraft for NASA science programs, commer- cial communications and national-security mis- sions since we opened this facility in 2004,” said Cyrus Dhalla, vice president and general manager of the company’s tactical space systems division. “This new expansion will help us meet the increasing demand from these customers.”
Programs currently in production at the Gilbert facility include earth-observation satellites for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Gilbert campus conducts satellite de- sign, engineering, manufacturing, testing and program management, with spacecraft manufac- turing done under one roof.
Danish Military Signs Armor &
Load Carriage Contract with Ari-
zona Company
On Monday, April 25, Jason Beck, Founder and CEO of TYR Tactical in Peoria, Arizona and the Danish Ministry of Defense (DALO) signed a historic contract worth $200,000,000.00. The contract will provide each soldier in the Danish military the most state-of-the-art body armor system in existence.
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  Zero-emission commercial vehicle manufac- turer Endera has expanded its R&D facility in Pomona. The 9,000-squre-foot facility will be the innovation hub for the San Diego-based company as it develops its next line of EV power trains for shuttle and school buses, said Endera President Todd Harman.
“It’s our first true innovation center in Southern California,” Harman said. “Primar- ily, we had been doing R&D in a couple of smaller locations and this allowed us to consolidate all of our innovation under one roof.”
To meet the demand, Endera is “rapidly hiring” engineers to add to the 30 employees at the Pomona facility.“By building out our R&D footprint and facility space in Pomona
General Atomics Signs Pact for
Depot Level Repairs
The U.S. Navy recently awarded San Diego- based General Atomics a $10.5 million con- tract that will support aircraft handling equipment for the new, Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers.
General Atomics produces the Advanced Ar- resting Gear for the Ford-class carriers, including ships to be named John F. Kennedy, Enterprise and Doris Miller. GA’s system — which absorbs the momentum of a landing air- craft and slows it to a stop — is a departure from the traditional equipment used on the Nimitz- class aircraft carriers commonly seen on San Diego Bay.
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