Oshkosh Defense has landed a $243.8 million U.S. Army contract modification to deliver a set of light tactical vehicles and trailers as well as provide system engineering, program management and test support. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract requires 657 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, 25 trailers, 2, 977 kits, 175 test...
Finmeccanica has received a potential $335 million contract from Italy’s ministry of defense for the addition of nine Aermacchi M-346 aircraft to be operated by that country’s air force. With the contract, Italy increased its order of M-346 aircraft to 18 with deliveries scheduled to start within this y...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 ” Carahsoft will continue to provide VMware virtualization technology to the U.S. Navy under a potential $43 million blanket purchase agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the BPA has a base value of $14.2 million and covers the vSphere, vCenter Server, Site ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has used 3D-printed connector backshells on its Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles to help drive an efficient manufacturing process, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday Trident II missiles with the 3D-printed components completed a U.S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 — Stan Ratcliffe, president of NCR‘s (NYSE: NCR) government systems segment,  has said the reuse and repurposing of existing technologies can drive efforts to achieve the “to be” state in terms of having technology that supports self-service transactions, ExecutiveBiz reported M...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 ” Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has indicated that work on the first GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force is scheduled to complete by August, ExecutiveBiz reported March 10. SpaceNews reported March 9 that Ambrose said in an interview ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 ” Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Federal, believes the proper utilization of big data generated from Internet of Things devices can bring about “societal changes” and improve lives, ExecutiveBiz reported March 11. “Those devices… they’re all g...
New York City-based private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) has agreed to acquire the defense electronics business of global aerospace and defense contractor Airbus Group for approximately $1.24 billion. Airbus said Friday the transaction is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2017 and t...
A CH2M-led consortium has won a potential 10-year, $500 million contract to provide engineering and construction support for the first phase of the High Speed 2 railway project in the U.K. CH2M will work with SENER and Atkins to provide program and construction management support, engineering services and assistance for the acquisition of the civils...
CNA‘s Center for Naval Analyses has received a potential $557.7 million U.S. Navy contract to provide applied research and analyses support to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The federally-funded research and development center will conduct studies on the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps‘ major concerns and maintain staf...
