Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Construction: $32.8M contract for Fort Drum, Aircraft Hangar

Defense Industry Daily reports that Structural Associates Inc. of East Syracuse, NY received a $32.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of an aircraft hangar at Fort Drum, NY. Among others, Fort Drum is the home of the 10th Mountain Division.

Global Security reports that Fort Drum's mission includes command of active component units assigned to the installation, provide administrative and logistical support to tenant units, support to tenant units, support to active and reserve units from all services in training at Fort Drum, and planning and support for the mobilization and training of almost 80,000 troops annually.