Taiwan has closed on an approximately $546.3 million contract with the U.S. government to buy four MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business, Janes reported Wednesday. Wang Ting-Yu, a member of the Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party, confirmed the deal in a recent Facebook po...
The Naval Air Systems Command is seeking proposals from defense contractors looking to provide aircraft maintenance and logistics support for the U.S. Navy’s F-16A/B/C/D multi‐role fighter jet fleet over a potential eight-year period. In a SAM.gov solicitation notice, NAVAIR said it will award a $152.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-...
The U.S. Navy has awarded positions to Chemring Countermeasures and Armtec Countermeasures on a $225 million multiple-award contract to manufacture MJU-61A/B, a type of aircraft flare designed to deflect infrared missile threats. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a five-year ordering period that will run thro...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business has received a $972 million contract to manufacture updated systems of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and 19 foreign countries. This contract marks the first award for the production of AIM-120D3 and AIM-120C8 AMRAAMs the company has devel...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $503.7 million firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver naval helicopters to the Australian government. The order involves the supply of a dozen Seahawk MH-60 “Romeo” aircraft units, manufactured by Lockheed’s Sikorsky business, to fulfill a foreign military sales...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has listed four prime contractors for a potential $141.1 million foreign military sale of ground command and control equipment to Morocco. DSCA said Thursday the State Department approved the possible FMS transaction that will involve General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT...
The State Department has approved a foreign military sale of multimission military helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, to Australia through a $1.95 billion government-to-government transaction. Australia requested to buy 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters along with a range of additional items such as ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has received a potential $1.15 billion order from the U.S. Army to build modernized Abrams main battle tanks for Poland. The foreign military sales order is for the delivery of 250 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles that include upgrades to armor, communications, fire control ...
Alan Chvotkin, a partner at government contracts law firm Nichols Liu, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest featured article, GovCon Expert Alan Chvotkin explores the pending legislation regarding the issue of acquisition conflicts of interest. In addition, he also discuss...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a potential $96.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce Group B Ground and System Integration Lab materials. The 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity and obligated the full contract amount at the time of award using foreign mi...
