Author: Matthew Nelson|| Date Published: October 2, 2019
Major Tool & Machine and Faxon Machining will vie for warhead case orders under a potential seven-year, $600M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center selected the two companies after a small business set-aside competition to manufacture BLU-136/B next-generation area attack warhead cases. The service branch will obligate $109,500 in fiscal 2019 ammunition production funds at the time of award.
Contract work will take place at contractor facilities in Ohio and Indiana through Sept. 30, 2026.
Textron plans to separate its industrial segment from its aerospace and defense businesses. The Providence, Rhode Island-headquartered firm said Thursday…