Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary will maintain and overhaul the main rotor blade of Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army under a five-year, $116.5 million contract. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract and will determine work locations and funds upon issuance of each order, the Depart...
The Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Program Office is seeking knowledge-based services for its global mission to develop, field and sustain the next-generation fighter aircraft, according to a solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov. Naval Air Systems Command issued the request for proposals for an indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery cont...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted that BAE Systems posted a 6 percent sales growth and saw its sector profit increase by 27 percent to approximately $1.4 billion during the first six months of 2021 driven by its U.S. electronic systems sector and U.K. air sector. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and...
Investment company Endeavour Capital has acquired Forrest Machining Inc., also known as FMI Aerostructures, which produces structural components for aerospace and defense platforms. Tim Mickael, an aerospace executive with two decades of industry experience, joined FMI Aerostructures as CEO, and all current managers will remain with the company as p...
The State Department has approved a proposed $134 million foreign military sales agreement for follow-on technical support to Japan’s destroyer ships that carry the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Aegis Combat System. A Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice posted Wednesday says the Japanese government asked to procure Aegis Class Destr...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its latest event on Wednesday to share the key trends impacting the government contractors in our sector and how to mature the capture process to grow a qualified pipeline and improve win rate during A Blueprint for a Modern, Data-Driven Approach to Capture Management Webinar. With Technomile’s Chief Operating Officer Mic...
The State Department has approved a potential $270 million foreign military sales deal covering sustainment equipment and services for Greece’s F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), Collins Aerospace, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Atec are the principa...
The State Department has approved Israel’s request to procure 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, through a potential $3.4 billion foreign military sales transaction with the U.S. government. The possible FMS deal will include T408-GE-400 engines from General Electric (NYSE...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $2.41 billion contract to help the U.S. Army operate, modernize and secure a network of government-controlled facilities for hosting large-scale military cyber mission force events. Contractors will compete for individual orders to provide event planning and execution, site security, informat...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NSYE: RTX) a $212.05 million sole-source delivery order to provide fighter aircraft engines to Morocco to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. The order is for F100-PW-229 install engines, manufactured by Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney business, as part of an indefinite-delivery/in...
