BUSINESS BRIEFS
BAE receives $49M contract
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BAE Systems has received a $49 million Navy contract to develop a system to rapidly identify and track camouflaged or concealed objects and targets.
The first increment of funding, awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, is $6.7 million. All work will be performed in Honolulu and is expected to be completed in June 2012.
The Joint Multi-Mission Electro-Optical System contract calls for BAE Systems to develop aircraft sensors that allow passive, non-intrusive detection of submerged and concealed targets. The effort is funded jointly by the Navy, the deputy undersecretary of Defense Advanced Systems and Concepts, and the Canadian Ministry of National Defence.
HO'OKELE AWARD WINNERS NAMED
The Hawai'i Community Foundation, in partnership with the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, yesterday announced its 2007 Ho'okele Awards to leaders of nonprofit organizations.
They are: Dale Bonar, Maui Coastal Land Trust executive director; Gary and Kukui Maunakea-Forth, MA'O Farms founders; Mike Gleason, president and CEO of The Arc of Hilo; and Rose Nakamura, Project DANA administrator.
The Ho'okele Awards program, created in 2002, pays tribute to leaders from the nonprofit sector for their leadership and contributions to the community of Hawai'i.
Each award recipient receives $10,000 to be used for their professional development and personal renewal. Recipients are nominated by the community.
