Author: Mary-Louise Hoffman|| Date Published: October 31, 2016
Northrop photo
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue to provide logistics support for the U.S. Army‘s MQ-5B Hunter tactical unmanned aircraft systems under a two-year, $190.3 million contract.
The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obligated $44.2 million at the time of award from the military branch’s operations and maintenance funds in fiscal 2017, the Defense Departmentsaid Friday.
Work will occur in Arizona and Afghanistan through Oct. 30, 2018.
According to Northrop, the Hunter UAS is equipped with multimission payloads designed to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in real time and transmit the information to military personnel on the ground via the Tactical Common Data Link.
Redhawk Federal Solutions has acquired Twenty8 Technology to expand its data interoperability and artificial intelligence and machine learning engineering capabilities.…
Antenna Research Associates has appointed Jay Abendroth, a seasoned defense electronics executive, as chief growth officer to lead business development…
Precise Systems has appointed Michael “Mike” Risik as vice president of business development. The Lexington Park, Maryland-based company said Wednesday Risik will…