Titan Corp. has won a $9.1 million U.S. Army contract to develop a vehicle-mounted signals intelligence (sigint) system. The contract calls for the San Diego company to supply the service with seven Interim Prophet Ground Systems. The terminals, to be installed on Humvees, will be able to detect and locate radios operating in the 10-2000 Mhz frequency range, and will incorporate a SINCGARS radio, GPS, an electronic power subsystem and a mast for the direction-finding antenna. The terminals are designed to work whether stationary or moving.
Boeing has selected Dassault Systems' Catia computer-aided design and modeling software and Enova production development software to build a collaborative virtual work environment for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase, should the company be chosen for the job over competitor Lockheed Martin.
DONALD. G. DEGRYSE has been named vice president of Lockheed Martin's Defense Systems unit, effective Sept. 7, the company said yesterday. DeGryse succeeds Gary S. Geyer, who is retiring. DeGryse will be responsible for systems operation, advanced development and systems integration for Astronautics' Defense Systems product area. He rejoins Astronautics, where he worked from 1981 to 1997, after serving most recently as VP for Lockheed Martin Special Programs in Fairfax, Va. He will report to Ted G. Gavrilis, VP and general manager, Space Systems.
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $49,852,662 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for various quantities of 24 line items of spare parts applicable to the TF39 engine on the C-5 aircraft and the TF34 engine on the A-10 aircraft. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received. Expected contract completion date is Dec. 31, 2001. Solicitation issue date was June 15, 1999. Negotiation completion date was June 28, 1999. San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41608-99-D-0504).
GTE Government Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $237,107,478 modification to a firm-fixed-price-requirements contract, F09603-91-D-0999-P00020, to provide for FY2000 contractor logistics support for the AN/GYQ-21(V) Intelligence Data Handling System. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2000. Solicitation issue date was July 17, 1990. Negotiation completion date was Aug. 14, 1991. Warner Robbins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity.
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $21,701,474 modification to firm-fixed-price contract DAAH23-98-C-0109, for definitization of the letter contract for Taiwan Lot 2, the production of 13 Kiowa Warrior Aircraft (OH-58D), support equipment and related services for the country of Taiwan. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2001. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on June 24, 1998. The U.S.
Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va., won a $10.9 million U.S. Navy contract to provide a wide range of environmental support at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), San Diego.
Wilkinson Manufacturing Co. Inc., Fort Calhoun, Neb., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price requirements contract (appropriation number and dollar value will be issued with each delivery order), with an estimated total of $5,805,234, for purchasing the M27 Fin Assembly for 60 mm mortars. Work will be performed in Fort Calhoun, Neb., and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2000. There were 15 bids solicited on Feb. 19, 1999, and four bids were received. The U.S.
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ICO Global Communications, which has had trouble raising money, may be further set back by the financial troubles of competitor Iridium. ICO reportedly requires another $1.6 billion to launch its satellite telephone system but Iridium's bankruptcy filing Friday will likely create further doubts about the future of satellite telephony.
U.S. and Japanese defense officials yesterday announced signing of a memorandum of understanding to conduct joint research on naval theater missile defense technology. The cooperation specifically will center on the U.S. Navy Theater Wide missile defense program. The MOU calls for the two countries to conduct analysis, preliminary design and risk reduction experiments. The work would lead to the design and technology selection of four agreed missile sub-components to be integrated into the Standard Missile III (DAILY, Aug. 16).
PGSUS Limited Liability Company, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $100,521,548 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract, F08626-97-C-0125-P00007, to provide for 40 AGM-142C Have Nap standoff attack missiles, 60 AGM-142D missiles, four AGM-142C and four AGM-142D Captive Air Training Missiles, one Dummy Air Training Missile, ten Data Link Pods, 20 aircraft integration kits, 26 aircraft pylons, and associated test equipment, data, and technical materials.
Atlantic Coast Airlines has formed a separate wholly owned subsidiary to operate 20 new 50-passenger Canadair Regional Jets on order from Bombardier Aerospace worth $450 million.
BENJAMIN GOLDBERG has been named manager of the Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Project in the Space Shuttle Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. Goldberg previously served as deputy director of the Structures and Dynamics Laboratory at Marshall, NASA said yesterday. Now, it said, he will oversee every aspect of the Shuttle rocket booster motor effort, from manufacture through recovery, refurbishment and design upgrades. Goldberg succeeds Keith Henson, who has retired.
Kitty Hawk Inc., Dallas, has completed the previously announced sale of its Oscoda, Mich.-based JT8D engine and Boeing 727 aircraft maintenance operations to Aviation Sales Co. (ASC). Kitty Hawk received about $21.4 million from ASC, including $3.5 million in purchase credits, it said yesterday. ASC's TIMCO division has assumed management of the facilities, and TIMCO will provide maintenance services for Kitty Hawk's 727 and JT8D work under exclusive agreements.
The 10 largest holders of Iridium LLC debt retain $406.6 million of the $519.6 million in bonds for the troubled company, according to Capital Access International, a data research firm. Iridium filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday after defaulting on loans of more than $1.5 billion. Bondholders earlier in the day filed a separate petition to force the company into involuntary Chapter 11 (DAILY, Aug. 16). Capital Access, of Murray Hill, N.J., listed the top 10 bond holders and the debt they hold as follows:
CF Roark Welding and Engineering Company, Brownsburg, Ind., is being awarded an $8,382,614 fixed-price contract to provide for 677 (best estimated quantity) flameholders applicable to the F110 engine on the F-16 aircraft. There were three firms solicited and three proposals received. Expected contract completion date is August 2002. Solicitation issue date was Jan. 25, 1999. Negotiation completion date was May 24, 1999. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity (F34601-99-D-0266).
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has completed what it described as a key test of the launch canister intended for use in the National Missile Defense (NMD) program. The July 20 test, at a facility in Tracy, Calif., proved the canister's structural, thermal, gas management and all other operational characteristics under actual launch conditions, the company said yesterday. It said test vehicle with the exact tactical configuration of the Boeing NMD air vehicle was used to simulate the missile, and was launched from the canister.
Operation Allied Force may have taught NATO's European allies more than they wanted to know about U.S. capability and their own dependence on it in time of war, according to several Pentagon and European officials. Two opposing reviews of the 78-day air campaign against Yugoslavia are shaping on either side of the Atlantic. The lessons learned were considered at an Air Force Association meeting yesterday in Arlington, Va.
Raytheon Systems Company, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $35,415,750 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract, F08626-98-C-0027-P00006, to provide for incorporation of Pre-Planned Product Improvements Phase Three into the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) production effort. Expected contract completion date is Aug. 31, 2003. Solicitation issue date was Dec. 4, 1998. Negotiation completion date was Aug. 9, 1999. Aeronautical Systems Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Iridium LLC faces an uphill battle as it tries to restructure its financing and obtain another $400 million-$600 million to relaunch its satellite telephone service. The firm filed for voluntary Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware Friday as part of a plan to complete a financial restructuring. The move was forced by a Sunday deadline for a bond payment, CEO and Vice Chairman John Richardson told Wall Street analysts Friday.
Ellipso Inc. signed an agreement with Ukraine's State Enterprise UKRSPACE to develop the distribution of Ellipso services there, Ellipso reported yesterday. "Ukraine ... is an excellent market for Ellipso's high quality low-cost mobile and fixed communications services," Dr. David Castiel, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. "State Enterprise UKRSPACE, with its existing asset base and experience in mobile satellite communications, will be an excellent addition to our growing base of distribution partners."
In a bid for time to complete its financial restructuring, Iridium LLC filed for voluntary Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday. The company said that the firm's banks, bondholders and strategic partners supported the action. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, CEO John A. Richardson said the company needed to raise another $400 million to $600 million in new capital to assure the financial viability of the relaunch of the new product. A spokesman said the company hopes to have a restructuring plan in 30 days.
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) is on track for a Feb. 14 rendezvous with the asteroid 433 Eros following a two-minute engine burn last week. Controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), which built and operates the spacecraft, ordered the burn at 1 p.m. Thursday, and the Aerojet engine responded "flawlessly," the lab reported.
