March 26, 2020 | International, Land
Remington Arms has offered to donate manufacturing space for hospital supplies in New York.
CEO of the gun manufacturer, Ken D'Arcy, wrote a letter Monday, March 23, to Governor Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump offering "approximately one million square feet of unused and available manufacturing space" at the Ilion plant, the Ithaca Journal reported.
Cuomo issued an executive order for all nonessential workers to remain home, and the company announced Friday it would shut down in compliance until April 30.
D'Arcy said the company would be honored to help produce ventilators, surgical masks, hospital beds or any other products to aid the efforts to combat the coronavirus.
Cuomo said Tuesday that the state has 7,000 ventilators and needs 30,000 for an anticipated surge of patients.
Remington Arms has joined several other companies to offer to help fight back against the coronavirus pandemic. Several distilleries have started producing hand sanitizer to help fill the shortage.
New York has more than 30,000 confirmed cases and 285 deaths. The nation-high figures are driven mostly by New York City.
Herkimer County Administrator James Wallace said Remington also requested permission to continue producing firearms for military and police use.
May 7, 2021 | International, Land
The Army has a history of not planning for or thinking much about sustainment during the development phase of programs, instead attempting to solve how to manage systems after they are fielded.
December 27, 2018 | International, Aerospace
By Ed Adamczyk Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Program Management Office has been established by the Air Force at Tyndall Air Force Base to lead redevelopment and reconstruction efforts there, which are expected to take more than five years and cost about $3 billion. The PMO will be responsible for leading the redevelopment and reconstruction efforts at the base after it sustained devastating damage in October from Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Air Force said in an update Wednesday. Full article: https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2018/12/26/Air-Force-establishes-office-at-Tyndall-AFB-to-guide-five-year-rebuilding-process/7501545848204/
November 11, 2024 | International, Land
Repkon USA - Defense has won a contract action with a ceiling of $435m for domestic trinitrotoluene (TNT) production from the US Army’s Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A) and US Army Contracting Command - Rock Island.