Tuesday, March 31, 2009

US Orders 22 Mi-17CT Helos, M-16 Rifles For Iraq / Pentagon Contract Announcement

US Orders 22 Mi-17CT Helos, M-16 Rifles For Iraq / Pentagon Contract Announcement
(NSI News Source Info) March 31, 2009: Aeronautical Radio Incorporated, Annapolis, Md., was awarded on Mar. 7, 2009, a $80,600,000 firm fixed price contract for the procurement and delivery of (22) Mi-17CT helicopters in support of the Iraqi Government.
The Pentagon is buying 22 additional Mi-17 helicopters from Russia’s Ulan Ude aviation plant to equip the Afghan Army Air Corps, which already operates the type.
Work is to be performed at Warner Robins, Ga., (15 percent), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (20 percent), and Ulan Ude Russia, (65 percent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited and one bid received.
Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-08-C-0011).
Pentagon Contract Announcement (Source: U.S Department of Defense; issued March 27, 2009) FN Manufacturing LLC., Columbia, S.C, was awarded on Mar. 12, 2009, a $12,785,647 firm fixed price 3-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for 18,390 M16 A4 rifles for Iraq. Work is to be performed at Columbia, S.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 8, 2010. Three bids were solicited with three received. TACOM-RI, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-08-D-0121).

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