The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $172.9 million “undefinitized” contract to supply joint standoff weapons, component parts and support equipment for spares to Qatar under a foreign military sales deal. Raytheon’s missile systems business will produce 200 AGM-154C Block III weapons and 212 contain...
Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, will introduce a potential $1.33 billion framework to provide support services and maintain the British navy™s fleet of aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, frigates and other warships. The U.K. government™s Common Support Model aims to consolidate support contracts into a single structure to speed up...
James Craig, a 35-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) global defense segment as vice president and general manager of ground training systems. œJim brings a wealth of talent, energy and remarkable program execution credentials to Cubic, Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statemen...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information iechnology business has received a potential five-year, $81.3 million task order from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to support the IT and cybersecurity operations of the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with Purdu...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26hXsWp3uc Sixty years ago today, on October 4, 1957, there was a beeping sound “heard” round the world. It came while the United States and Soviet Union were caught in the fervor of the Cold War, but also at a time when people believed that American ingenuity and industry could overcome any technical cha...
The State Department has given Australia the green light to buy small diameter bombs, military equipment and related services from the U.S. government under a potential $815 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) is listed as the principal contractor in the FMS transaction that covers GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bo...
Metal Shark has won a potential $90 million contract to build up to 50 next-generation patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. The Navy initially ordered 11 PB(X) vessels along with with trailers, spares, training packages and technical support services, Metal Shark said Monday. The company aims to construct a welded-aluminum pilothouse ...
Enlightenment Capital has invested in CyberCore Technologies in an effort to help the Elkridge, Maryland-based information communication technology platforms and services contractor execute its growth strategy to pursue new opportunities and broaden its capabilities. Tina Kuhn, CyberCore president and CEO, said in a statement published Wednesday the...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a $91.5 million contract modification to continue to provide management and technical support services for the U.S. Army‘s high-performance computing platforms and services. SAIC is scheduled to finish work under the modification Oct. 18, 2018, the Defense Departm...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential seven-year, $450 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to apply an integrated engineering change proposal to the Small Diameter Bomb II weapon. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers design, development, integration, test and production engineering to modify the ...
