BAE Systems has received a $463.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to maintain 155 mm lightweight towed howitzers for domestic and foreign military customers. The firm-fixed-price award covers the provision of catalog parts and manpower services to support the life cycle sustainment of the U.S. and Australian M777A2 howitzer fleet and Canada̵...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will support the research and development of a soldier-as-a-system concept for Department of Defense mission partners under a potential $919 million task order. The company said Tuesday it aims to identify, mature and transition warfighter systems through the Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based ...
By Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner Today, 93 percent of Americans are on the Internet. At least 85 percent have a smartphone. More than 300 million have access to 5G service, with 168 million 5G subscriptions forecast by next year. Meanwhile, 85 million...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business segment has received two U.S. Air Force contracts totaling $1.19 billion to manufacture cruise missiles. The company’s missile and fire control unit will produce lot 21 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile systems under a $750.5 million firm-fixed-price contract and lot seven Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been divisive throughout its creation over the last decade-plus, but especially since its implementation in 2017 as a requirement for defense industrial base organizations. As part of the initiative, contracting companies working with the Department of Defense must have their cyber protection system...
The State Department has approved Germany’s request to buy heavy-lift cargo helicopters, manufactured by Boeing (NYSE: BA), from the U.S. government through a potential $8.5 billion government-to-government transaction. Germany is seeking to acquire 60 CH-47F Chinooks, 140 T55-GA-714A engines, 72 common missile warning systems and 284 secure r...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit has won a $137.9 million contract to modernize a personal area network system of systems for the U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers. The GDIT business will support Special Warfare Assault Kit technology refresh, tactical air control party modernization and Guardian Angel...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) could provide an acoustic surveillance system and related equipment to the Australian government through a $207 million foreign military sale request approved by the State Department. Australia has asked to buy Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Expeditionary mission systems for Vessels of Opportunity and associated t...
The State Department has approved a potential $650 million foreign military sale of equipment and services to refurbish the Czech Republic’s utility helicopter fleet. The proposed FMS deal covers the modernization of six AH-1Z and two UH-1Y excess defense articles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday. Technology products wil...
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business will supply Taiwan with four MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles under a $217.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Department of Defense said Monday the sole-source acquisition also covers two certifiable ground control stations, spares and support equipment to be provided over a t...
