International Business News - Contract http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif ITT Corp. said NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded the company a $1.3 billion contract for telemetry and tracking for near-earth space missions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/itt-gets-nasa-telemetry-tracking-contract.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:01:54 EDT Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc., said Friday it has received a U.S. Navy contract extension worth $210 million. Under the terms of the deal, the Navy will purchase 15 aircraft, which will be built at Bell's Military Aircraft Assembly Center in Amarillo, Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/textrons-bell-helicopter-signs-210m-navy-pact.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:59:26 EDT Manufacturer and aerospace supplier Eaton Corp. said on Friday that it has been picked to make four systems on Embraer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA's Legacy 450 and 500 business jets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/eaton-to-supply-4-systems-on-embraer-jets.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:51:45 EDT A division of Valero Energy Corp. received a contract from the Defense Logistics Agency worth up to $234.7 million to provide fuel, the Pentagon said late Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/valero-unit-gets-234-7m-defense-department-deal.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:32:26 EDT Defense contractor Raytheon Co. received an additional $171.1 million Navy contract for the MK58, a lightweight hybrid torpedo, and the MK-48, which is designed to combat fast, deep-diving nuclear submarines and surface ships, the Pentagon said late Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/raytheon-gets-171-1m-navy-deal-for-torpedoes.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:29:40 EDT A unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., the nation's largest defense contractor, received an additional $173 million contract from the Navy for the next phase of the VH-71 presidential helicopter, the Pentagon said late Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/lockheed-martin-gets-173m-navy-deal.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:26:50 EDT Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc. said Thursday that it signed a three year, $45 million contract to expand risk management and prevention services in North Africa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/boots-coots-signs-45m-risk-management-contract.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:18:58 EDT Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. said Thursday it received a $33 million contract from a U.S. Army unit to produce ammunition. The U.S. Army Sustainment Command in Rock Island, Ill., gave the company's ordnance and tactical systems unit the contract with up to four option years. If all options are exercised the contract value would exceed $500 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/general-dynamics-unit-gets-33m-army-contract.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:33:31 EDT Canadian Solar Inc. said Thursday it has signed a deal to sell 60 megawatts of regular solar modules to Germany's Systaic AG in 2009. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Canadian Solar said prices under the deal reflect market conditions and are fixed, in principle, for the first two quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/canadian-solar-inks-60-megawatt-supply-deal.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:32:33 EDT Science Applications International Corp. on Thursday said it received a contract potentially worth more than $254 million from the Defense Intelligence Agency for its National Media Exploitation Center. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/saic-gets-defense-intelligence-agency-contract.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:58:45 EDT A strategic alliance of Boeing Co. and a unit of Textron Inc. received an $18.1 million contract boost from the Navy for engineering and logistics services for the MV-22 Osprey aircraft, the Pentagon said late Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/bell-boeing-gets-18-1m-navy-contract-boost.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:29:30 EDT Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday it will invest $500 million to develop two oil and gas fields in the Middle East country of Abu Dhabi. The company will pay Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. for the rights to appraise and develop the Jarn Yaphour and Rahman oil and gas fields. It will operate the fields and hold 100 percent of the output. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/occidental-to-invest-500m-in-abu-dhabi-oil-fields.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:21:46 EDT The Department of Defense has awarded a $5.1 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. for mapping work. The contract, awarded Sept. 30, is for topographic data for the National Geospatial Agency, which gathers intelligence using satellites and other tools. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/saic-gets-5-1m-defense-department-contract.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:16:37 EDT The Pentagon has awarded a $5.7 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. for work with the agency that deals with protection from weapons of mass destruction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/csc-gets-5-7m-defense-department-contract.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:14:02 EDT The Army has awarded a $16.5 million contract to a division of L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. for vehicle work. The contract, awarded Sept. 30, is for technology updates to a vehicle that provides mobile satellite communications. Work is expected to be finished by December 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/l-3-communications-gets-16-5m-army-contract.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:11:13 EDT The Army has awarded a $21.6 million contract to Raytheon Co. for work on upgrades to computer systems. The contract, awarded Sept. 30, is for upgrades to the Joint-Tactical Terminal. Work is expected to be finished by Oct. 1, 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/raytheon-gets-21-6m-army-contract.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:09:35 EDT A unit of the Department of Defense that uses satellites to collect intelligence has awarded a $140 million contract to Harris Corp. for information technology work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/harris-corp-gets-140m-intelligence-contract.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:33:03 EDT A unit of ITT Corp. received a $10.4 million contract boost from the Air Force to cover costs increases to maintain an existing program, plus project certification, and other items, the Pentagon said late Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/itt-gets-10-4m-air-force-pact.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:04:40 EDT Terex Corp., which makes equipment for mining, construction, shipping, utility and processing customers, received an $11.7 million delivery order for 19 cranes and other related items, the Pentagon said late Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/terex-gets-11-7m-navy-order.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:34:46 EDT Heavy truck maker Navistar International Corp. received a $35.9 million contract boost from the Navy to provide upgrades for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles being used in war zones in order to increase their capabilities, the Pentagon said late Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/navistar-gets-35-9m-navy-deal.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:27:25 EDT