Defenseworld.net News By Regions http://www.defenseworld.net/go/categorynews.jsp?id=4 Defenseworld.net News By Regions en-us GE receives $445 million contract for engine parts from U.S Marine http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4860 General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass. is being awarded a maximum $445,281,495 firm-fixed-price, sole-source, requirement-type contract for engine parts. There a... 2010-07-30 DSCA awarded $150 million contract for Torpedo upgrade kits by Dutch http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4859 The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to The Netherlands of 40 MK- 48 Mod 7 Advanced Technology (AT) Torpedo... 2010-07-30 Boeing wins $66 million contract for Harpoon Missile parts from U.S http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4858 The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $65,999,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 32 Lot 85 Harpoon missile bodies (HMB) for the government ... 2010-07-30 BAE Systems receives $65 million contract for Special MRAP from U.S http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4857 BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $64,839,600 modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantit... 2010-07-30 Insitu awarded $44 million contract for small tactical UAV by U.S Navy http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4856 Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash., is being awarded a $43,697,168 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the engineering, manufacture and development of the small tactical unmann... 2010-07-30 GD wins $34 million contract to supply RG-31 MRAP vehicles to the U.S. Marine http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4855 U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada a $33.2 million delivery order to produce 21 RG-31 Mk5EM and 6 RG-31 Mk5E vehicl... 2010-07-30 Canada orders for Counter-IED Robots in Afghanistan http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4854 Canada has become the second NATO ally to deploy Dragon Runner robots in Afghanistan. The deployment was announced at a spring symposium at the Canadian Embassy devoted t... 2010-07-29 QinetiQ wins a support contract for communications, logistic services from Marine Corps http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4853 Under four recently awarded task orders, QinetiQ North America’s Systems Engineering Group will continue to provide the Marine Corps Systems Command’s Communications, Int... 2010-07-29 Rolls-Royce awarded a contract for Hawk Advanced Jet trainer aircraft by India http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4852 Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has finalised the contract for the order of an additional 57 Adour-powered Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft for the India... 2010-07-29 BAE Systems wins $500 million contract to modernize US Navy DDG 51 destroyers http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?catid=6&id=4850 BAE Systems, Inc., a leading U.S. non-nuclear ship repair, modernization, and conversion company, will modernize 11 Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class guided missile destroyers... 2010-07-28