Mystery Surrounds $1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons. Instead, it handed the project on […]
In Huge Blow for Sikorsky, Army Scraps Armed Scout Helicopter Program
Sikorsky was dealt a blow Thursday as the U.S. Army announced it was scrapping plans for an armed scout helicopter that the Stratford-based manufacturer and its parent company Lockheed Martin hoped to produce. The decision comes a year after Sikorsky lost out on the chance to build a new utility helicopter for the military branch. […]