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DynCorp International has secured a $258M contract extension from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command to continue base life support and maintenance operations to aid over 18K U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The 12-month task order supports the Army’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract and requires DynCorp to manage facilities, sewage …

The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) a pair of contracts worth $144.9M combined to provide configuration items for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical mission network and hardware. The Defense Department said Friday the company’s mission systems business will perform work under the two contracts in Taunton, Mass., through Aug. 31, …

Fourteen companies have landed spots on a one-year, $90M multiple-award contract to support general construction projects at a U.S. Air Force installation located in Illinois. The Defense Department said Friday contractors will compete for task orders to build, repair, alter and maintain facilities within or under the jurisdiction of Scott AF …

Raytheon has secured a $282M undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force to modernize and deliver AN/DAS-4 electro-optical/infrared sensor systems. Under the predominantly fixed-price-incentive contract, Raytheon will upgrade 40 DAS-1A turret units to a DAS-4 configuration and provide 127 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B high-definition and target location accuracy turrets, the …

L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has completed its acquisitions of Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs nearly two months after announcing the two deals worth a combined $200M. Both information security providers will merge into a single business called L3 Trenchant, the New York City-based company said Friday. L3 — which generated $9.6B in …

The General Services Administration has awarded University of Dayton a potential five-year, $350M contract for enterprise product support engineering services to the U.S. Air Force. GSA announced the EPSE IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award in a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. The university will provide personnel, materials, host system, management and other services intended …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) will build four MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based drones for the U.S. Navy under a potential six-year, $805.3M engineering and manufacturing development contract. “As a company, we made an investment in both our team and in an unmanned aircraft system that meets the U.S. Navy’s refueling requirements,” Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s …

ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has landed a potential eight-year, $559.9M contract to provide Ku-band and Ka-band communications service to Defense Information Systems Agency senior leaders and staff when they travel by aircraft. The contract has a one-year base value of $55.7M along with seven option years, the Defense Department said Thursday. DISA received one …

Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business has received a $250.4M U.S. Navy contract modification to provide special tools and test equipment for the eleventh batch of F-35s. The modification is composed of purchases from Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, foreign military sales customers and international partners, the Defense Department …

Roy Azevedo, a nearly three-decade Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) veteran, has been appointed president of the company’s space and airborne systems business in a move that will take effect on Sept. 1. He will join the corporate leadership team and succeed Richard Yuse, who is due to retire on Dec. 31 …