Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) joint venture United Launch Alliance has received a potential $152.4M contract to produce a heavy rocket for the National Reconnaissance Office‘s Launch Mission One. The Defense Department said Wednesday ULA will help the agency launch the mission with a heavy configuration of the Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The U.S. …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin will build rocket prototypes under three separate other-transaction agreements with the U.S. Air Force in support of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. Northrop’s innovation systems business received a potential $791.6M OTA to develop the OmegA launch system and ULA …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 10, 2018 — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will continue to facilitate aerial gunnery simulation training for a U.S. Air Force unit under a task order from KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. KBRwyle awarded the one-year extension to Kratos for training of …

United Launch Alliance has received an $867M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to maintain and sustain launch infrastructure for the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets that support national security space missions. Work also covers Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program management, mission integration and assurance, rocket depreciation and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 24, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has unveiled a new open-architecture radar technology with multiple panels that work to enable it to integrate with various platforms to support different missions and perform multiple functions, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Vanguard radar is designed …

The U.S. Army has awarded AM General a $562.4M contract to manufacture ambulance-configured High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday it expects the company to complete work by March 13, 2024. The service branch will provide funds and performance locations with each order under the cost and firm-fixed-price contract. AM General’s M997A3 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 10, 2018 — CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide support for U.S. Navy training and simulation platforms under a potential nine-year, $980M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 24. The company said Aug. 23 the contract covers systems design, development, production, test and evaluation, delivery and modification services to …

James Lackey, formerly senior vice president of the defense systems group at Quantum Research International, has joined Parsons’ federal business as VP for simulation and integration services. Parsons said Friday Lackey will manage a portfolio of hardware integration, intelligence and simulation development support offerings for the federal sector in his new position. At Quantum, …

Tom Glaub, a more than 25-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has joined United Launch Alliance as chief financial officer. He will oversee ULA’s finance organization and its fiscal and fiduciary functions in his new position, the Lockheed Martin (NYSE LMT)-Boeing joint venture said June 28. Glaub most recently served as CFO of the vertical lift …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2018 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) will provide a supercomputer to the Energy Department to support the science, energy and national security modeling and simulation workloads of the National Nuclear Security Administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HPE said Monday the ARM-based Astra supercomputer will work to …