http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/ California Tech News Updated Daily! Defense West en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:20:05 -0700 1000 http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44342.html 2008-07-08 The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) a $50 million production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS), a new fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. As the TSS developer, Lockheed Martin has begun producing 16 systems at facilities in... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44341.html 2008-07-08 Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) announced today that it has been awarded an extension to continue developing portions of the Army Battle Command System for project manager Battle Command, located at Fort Monmouth, NJ. This mix of fixed/semi-fixed installations and mobile networks provides Army leaders at all levels with a virtual... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44337.html 2008-07-08 IEC Electronics Corp. (OTCBB: IECE) reports that it has received an order from one of its Military and Defense customers valued at more than $3.7 million. Deliveries will commence during IEC’s fourth quarter ending September 30, 2008 and will be completed by April 2009. W. Barry Gilbert, Chairman of the... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44330.html 2008-07-08 Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has received a $1.2B contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to manage its Integrated Hiring Operations and Personnel (IHOP) Program. Under the potential eight-year contract, Lockheed Martin will develop a fully-integrated human resources solution to support the recruiting, assessing, hiring, paying and promoting of all TSA employees.... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44324.html 2008-07-08 BAE Systems has received a $538 million U.S. Army contract to remanufacture Bradley vehicles and provide spare parts, with options for additional vehicle remanufacturing and spares. If all options are exercised, the contract’s total value will be $1.3 billion. Under the initial contract, BAE Systems will remanufacture 160 M2A3 vehicles,... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44303.html 2008-07-07 VERSAR, Inc. (Amex:VSR) announced today that the Company was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity task order contract worth up to $30 million by the Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquartered in Mobile, Alabama. The contract is for a base year, with four option years. Under this... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44297.html 2008-07-03 CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that the U.S. Army has awarded the company a $23 million contract to continue its support for the Army Project Director, Signals Warfare (PD SW). CACI won this three-year award (one base year and two one-year option years) through the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3)... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44291.html 2008-07-02 QinetiQ North America announced today its Mission Solutions Group has been awarded a contract by Abacus Technology Corporation to support information management and communications activities for the National Aeronautical and Space Administration's (NASA) Kennedy Space Center. The contract will run for up to nine years, with a potential value... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44288.html 2008-07-02 Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) was awarded a Sounding Rocket Program Three (SRP-3) contract with potential value of $250 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicles and engineering and integration services for intercept systems and atmospheric sounding rocket experiments. These systems help ensure readiness to mitigate missile threats... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44284.html 2008-07-02 BAE Systems has received four delivery orders totaling $226 million from the U.S. Marine Corp for engineering changes and spare parts to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. BAE Systems manufactures three of the five MRAP variants: the Caiman, the RG31 and the RG33. The RG33 is... http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_44265.html 2008-07-01 TVI Corporation (NASDAQ: TVIN), an international supplier of military and civilian emergency first responder and first receiver products, personal protection products, quick-erect shelter systems and event shelter and equipment rentals, today announced that its subsidiary, SafetyTech International, has been awarded a $7.56 million order for C420 Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs)...