Slater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Congrats to the crew at Martin Baker (from today's US DoD contract announcements): Martin Baker, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, has been awarded a maximum $150,000,000 five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for T-6 and T-38 Sustainment. This contract provides for T-6 and T-38 replenishment spares. Work will be performed in Uxbridge, United Kingdom, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2026. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 munitions procurement funds; NASA funds; Army funds; and Foreign Military Sales funds, in the total amount of $13,316, 027 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-20-D-0004). 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Why arent good news stories promulgated in the media ...mind you it would probably be hijacked by some dubious cause 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hmm I have no idea, but are 150 Mio over 5 years such a big contact for MB? That is 30 / a... How much is a modern ejection seat? Lets say a Mk16? One million? Half of that? Double? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 2 hours ago, exdraken said: Hmm I have no idea, but are 150 Mio over 5 years such a big contact for MB? That is 30 / a... How much is a modern ejection seat? Lets say a Mk16? One million? Half of that? Double? True but any good news is kinda good in bargain basement Britain etc etc blah blah starts foaming at the mouth ...nod to Monty Python 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 6:05 AM, junglierating said: Why arent good news stories promulgated in the media In this case, the media wouldn’t get a good bang for their buck... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Well, the contract for 172 NACES was estimated around 40M USD in 2007 that is about 56M inflation adjusted in 2020. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Very well done to Martin Baker. I remember watching a documentary about the company years ago and the number of pilots their products have saved was very impressive (only now, I can't remember what that figure was!). Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 6 hours ago, spruecutter96 said: Very well done to Martin Baker. I remember watching a documentary about the company years ago and the number of pilots their products have saved was very impressive (only now, I can't remember what that figure was!). Chris. http://martin-baker.com 7628 lives saved as of today! Wow, how many crashes may that have been!! Fortunately these number does not rise that quickly as in earlier times, as far fewer aircraft flying also crash less frequently! Safety has improved a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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