The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence has chosen Kongsberg to be in charge of the operation and maintenance of a central communications network. The contract has a duration of three years and includes an option for a fourth year. Kongsberg has won this contract in international competition. The main part of the contract is valued at NOK 110 million. Including the option, the contract is worth NOK 137 million. The contract assigns KONGSBERG full responsibility for operations and continues a similar contract for services supplied by KONGSBERG during the past three years.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $190,000,000 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract for special tooling and special test equipment associated with the Lot two Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP II) of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif, (25 percent), Ft. Worth, Texas, (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom, (15 percent); Orlando, Fla, (10 percent); Torrance, Calif, (5 percent); Eagan, Minn, (5 percent); Nashua, N.H, (5 percent); Broomfield, Colo, (5 percent); and San Jose, Calif, (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in Apr. 2010.

Northrop Grumman Corp,El Segundo, Calif, is being awarded a ceiling priced $24,999,810 for delivery order #5115 under a Basic Ordering Agreement for aircraft rudders which are spares in support of the F/A-18 aircraft Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif, and work is expected to be completed by April 2011.

General Atomics of San Diego, Calif, is being awarded a for $177,082,588. This contract includes all programmes management, urgent repairs and services, logistics support, configuration management, technical manual and software maintenance, engineering technical services, contractor engineering technical services, contractor engineering technical specialists (formerly field support representatives), contractor inventory control point (formerly depot supply support) and spares management, depot repair, flight operations support, reliability/maintenance enhancements, CAMs/REMIS/CEMS data collection/entry and numbered periodic depot maintenance for the Predator/Reaper MQ-1 and MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) programmes.

Northrop Grumman Information Technology of Herndon Va, is being awarded a contract for $177,082,588. This effort will accomplish the delivery of Joint Enterprise DoDIIS Infrastructure software and DoDIIS Trusted Workstation software. This effort will include requirements definition analysis, systems engineering, development, integration management, quality control, requirements definition analysis, systems engineering, development, integration management, quality control, familiarisation, integration/interoperability testing, security and system operation and administration. This effort will result in the delivery of several software releases (approximately one release every six months) to the DTW/JEDI user community, to include computer software, technical documentation, and as required, the installation and maintenance of the current systems located at existing intelligence sites world-wide.

Boeing Co, St. Louis, Mo, was awarded on Apr. 28, 2008, a $6,331,055 contract for support of the Future Combat Systems spin out 1 low rate initial production, procurement of long lead items for the initial operational test and evaluation set. Work will be performed at Boeing, BAE Systems, Textron Defense Systems, and General Dynamics Systems across the US, and is expected to be completed on Jan. 27, 2009.