The US Air Force has awarded a Lockheed Martin-led team contracts worth up to $45 million over five years to provide unscheduled maintenance, including wing spar-cap repair, for C-130 transports. Work will be performed by Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers at Greenville, South Carolina; MTC and Pemco Aviation in Birmingham, Alabama; L-3 Spar in Edmonton, Alberta; or Aerospace Integration and Crestview Aviation in Crestview, Florida.
Computer Sciences has secured a deal worth up to $122 million over five years to provide continued advisory services to the US Department of Defense's Joint Theater Air and Missile Defence Organization.
Israel Military Industries is to supply 70 ITALD air-launched decoys to the US Navy for $12.8 million.
Raytheon is to produce 11 AIM-120C5 air-to-air missiles plus six instrumented rounds for Australia under a $10 million contract.
Northrop Grumman is to provide a national military command-and-control centre for Slovakia under a US Air Force contract. The centre is scheduled for handover in February 2005.
The UK's Raytheon Systems is to supply 128 GPS-aided inertial navigation systems for integration with Raytheon's Paveway II bomb guidance kit.
SAIC is to study using multiple laser sensing modes in conjunction with other sensors to identify difficult targets for the Active Unmanned Vehicle Phenomenology programme. The US Air Force Research Laboratory contract is valued at $8.7 million.
VT Aerospace has received a contract worth up to £2.4 million ($4.3 million)to support operations at the UK armed forces' northern air weapons ranges.
ITT Industries is to develop a digital radar warning receiver for integration with the AVR-2 laser warning receiver under a US Army contract.
The Omani air force has selected Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322s to power its 20 NH Industries NH90 tactical transport helicopters.
Source: Flight International
