Often the absence of news is Rubiks (L0701). Excuse me while i clear my throat....ughm ughm.....oh my this is about double what i was expecting
July 2/07: BAE Systems in Lexington, MA received a delivery order amount of $183.25 million as part of a $2.19 billion firm-fixed-price contract for thermal weapons sights with associated testing. The order is their first award under a new 5-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract managed by the Army’s Program Executive Office Soldier at Fort Belvoir, VA. Work will be performed in Lexington, MA (70%), and Manassas, VA (30%), and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2012. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on March 9, 2007, and 3 bids were received by the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (W91CRB-07-D-0030).
BAE Systems is already under contract to produce and deliver more than 29,600 sights under the 5-year, $295 million Thermal Weapon Sights II (TWS-II) contract administered by the Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, NJ. To date, BAE has delivered more than 11,000 TWS-II sights to meet critical Army fielding requirements in support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This award will increase their production rates to 3,000 per month. BAE Release.
July 2/07: DRS Sensors and Targeting Systems Inc. in Palm Bay, FL received a delivery order amount of $14.4 million as part of a new $2.28 billion firm-fixed-price contract for thermal weapons sights with associated testing. Work will be performed in Melbourne, FL (65%), and Dallas, TX (35%), and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2012. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on March 9, 2007, and 3 bids were received by the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (W91CRB-07-D-0031).
Nov 6/06: DRS Technologies, Inc. announces approximately $76 million in new orders to produce next-generation advanced uncooled Thermal Weapon Sights II (TWS II) for U.S. Army soldiers: Up to 1,600 light, 3,900 medium, and 2,000 heavy versions. The award is part of a competitively secured 5-year contract awarded in March 2004, with a total potential value of $375 million if all options are exercised.
Work will be performed by the company’s DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems – Optronics Division in Palm Bay and Melbourne, FlL; and by DRS' Infrared Technologies Division in Dallas, TX and Irvine, CA. The firm has recently expanded production facilities and operations in Florida and Dallas to meet the continuing and growing demand, and expects to be producing and delivering in excess of 1,000 systems per month by the end of the year. |
