by Amy Gillentine Published: April 1,2011
Tags: Aviation Brigade, defense, Fort Carson
The first winners from Fort Carson’s new aviation brigade will be construction companies: The Army plans to spend $224 million on buildings and hangars alone. But for local business, the economic impact will be muted, at least at first. That’s because local companies have a chance to be subcontractors but probably won’t be in the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 26,2010
Tags: defense
Employment picture brightening despite calls to cut defense spending nationally While defense contractors throughout the nation are bracing for spending cuts from Washington, the outlook for hiring in Colorado Springs appears largely positive. Defense giants like Boeing, ITT Services and Northrop Grumman predict no downturn in their Colorado Springs employment picture, and smaller companies like [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2010
Tags: Aerospace/Defense, defense, Lockheed Martin, missile defense
Even as the big defense contractor Lockheed Martin was explaining why its third-quarter profit shrank 28 percent, British Prime Minister David Cameron was laying out sweeping defense cuts on Tuesday. They include a smaller order for Lockheed's new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, built in Fort Worth, Texas. [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: July 13,2010
NEK Advanced Securities Group of Colorado Springs was just awarded a $6.34 million Department of Defense contract. Its latest assignment will be to provide “operational support services and training to a classified and unclassified mission for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency contingency operations mission.” Like many defense companies that fly “under the radar,” NEK’s workforce focuses [...] [...]
Military contracts for large and small projects have been awarded to local companies during the past two weeks. Most of them were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Doss Aviation secured a $9.09 million contract from the U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas for [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: January 25,2010
Tags: defense, government contracts
There’s plenty of work on the horizon for local defense contractors – or for those with a Pikes Peak regional office. Here’s a look at the most recent contract awards: Contractor a.i. solutions wins $209 million contract Take a.i. solutions, for example. The Maryland-based company has been awarded a $209 million contract to provide design, [...] [...]
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