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Sep 22, 2020 (newstodate): An Icelandic company has won the tender by the US Department of Defense for design and construction of the security area at Keflavik Airport.
The project comprises the expansion of the apron within the security area at Keflavik Airport, design and construction work for mobile accommodation, and construction work for the transfer of Dangerous Good on the apron.
All projects are to be commissioned by February 2023, and fully paid for by the US Department of Defense.
The US Air Force established Keflavik Airport as an AFB in 1951 during the Cold War, but pulled out in 2006 as threats of a confrontation with Russia seemed to decline.
Today, with the Arctic region increasingly becoming an area of potential contention between world powers, USA is planning a return in light of the current worries over Russia's military strategies and Chinese global ambitions, with the facilities at Keflavik becoming again an element in NATOS's infrastructure.
The project comprises the expansion of the apron within the security area at Keflavik Airport, design and construction work for mobile accommodation, and construction work for the transfer of Dangerous Good on the apron.
All projects are to be commissioned by February 2023, and fully paid for by the US Department of Defense.
The US Air Force established Keflavik Airport as an AFB in 1951 during the Cold War, but pulled out in 2006 as threats of a confrontation with Russia seemed to decline.
Today, with the Arctic region increasingly becoming an area of potential contention between world powers, USA is planning a return in light of the current worries over Russia's military strategies and Chinese global ambitions, with the facilities at Keflavik becoming again an element in NATOS's infrastructure.