AeroVironment stockholders have approved the issuance of AV common stock for the acquisition of the defense engineering company BlueHalo. In a statement posted Tuesday, Wahid Nawabi, chairman, president and CEO of AV, said the milestone will enable his company to move forward with BlueHalo’s acquisition and turn AV into a leading def...
Boeing has secured a contract modification valued at $2.26 billion for the sustainment of the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft. The Department of Defense said Monday that the modification includes foreign military sales to Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdo...
Bollinger Shipyards has secured a fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract modification valued at $951.6 million from the U.S. Coast Guard in support of the Polar Security Cutter, or PSC, program. The company said Tuesday that work on the contract modification will be performed at the Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding and additional facilities in...
The State Department has approved Qatar’s foreign military sale request for MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or RPA, and related equipment worth an estimated $1.96 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Boeing, L3Harris, Leonardo S.p.A., Lockheed Marti...
Nineteen vendors have won positions on a 10-year, $2.5 billion U.S. Air Force contract to provide construction, repair and maintenance support for the Department of Defense’s petroleum, oil and lubricant, or POL, facilities. DOD said Wednesday the military branch received 23 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract throu...
The Defense Logistics Agency plans to award RTX a potential 20-year, $50 billion sole-source contract to provide systems, production and related support services for the Patriot missile defense system. According to a presolicitation notice published Thursday, DLA intends to issue a request for proposal by April 4 and award the indefinite-delivery/in...
The Aerospace Corp. has elected former Department of Defense officials William LaPlante and Frank Calvelli to the board of trustees. “Outpacing the threats our nation faces in space will require a heightened focus on rapid acquisition and deployment and on ensuring critical capabilities connect end-to-end,” Steve Isakowitz, president and...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has started seeking industry feedback for a potential $8 billion Multiple Award Construction Contract for large scale general construction projects. According to the request for proposal issued on SAM.gov Monday, the design-build/design-bid-build, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers v...
SAIC has appointed Jonas Lazo and Justin Magruder to new executive roles. Lazo confirmed Tuesday that he has assumed the role of chief technology officer for West Indo-Pacific, while Magruder now serves as the company’s partner and chief data officer for mission advisory services. Who is Jonas Lazo? Lazo is a military and gover...
Ridgeline International has completed its acquisition of System High Corporation, a company offering global protection and security engineering services. The data privacy and secure infrastructure services provider said System High will function as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ridgeline. Both companies fall under the portfolio of Enlighten...
