The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy medium self-propelled howitzer systems, manufactured by BAE Systems, and associated equipment from the U.S. government through a potential $750 million foreign military sales transaction. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. asked to procure 40 155mm M109A6...
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...
A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary has been awarded a $94.88 million contract to manufacture lot 10 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile systems for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. Alliant Techsystems Operations, which operates under Northrop’s defense systems sector, will convert 87 AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiati...
U.S. Space Command leaders have emphasized the importance of intelligence data, commercial technology and workforce diversity in its mission to help other combatant commands protect the country’s space assets from adversarial threats. Sean Kirkpatrick, deputy director of intelligence at SPACECOM, said the U.S. must leverage space technology be...
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...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $482.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture lot 35 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for domestic and international defense customers. The award exercises pre-priced options on an existing contract for the production of AMRAAMs, telemetry systems and spares, the...
Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a ribbon-cutting ceremony of Vectrus’ new Tysons Corner office last Thursday. Since the inception of the Wash100 Award in 2014, Prow has received the hon...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will supply additional missile launcher systems for installation on the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Constellation-class frigates under a four-year, $231.4 million contract modification. The service branch procured 70 more MK41 Vertical Launching System modules along with ancillary equipment from c...
Recent developments in anti-satellite and space-based weaponry by foreign adversaries has prompted the Department of Defense (DOD) to rapidly develop and deploy secure space intelligence sensors that will arm military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages over adversaries. During Potomac Officers Club’s Space ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a five-year, $320.67 million contract to manufacture man-portable, air defense systems for the U.S. Army. The company will provide Stinger missile production services to the branch over a five-year contract period that runs through June 2026, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Comma...
