Boeing (NYSE: BA) has finished installing 10 remote video surveillance systems in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Detroit Sector. According to Boeing, the systems would enhance border surveillance capabilities along 37 miles of the St. Clair River — the border between Michigan and Ontario. “These systems will provide immediate tools for b...

According to the Department of Defense, “Booz Allen Hamilton was awarded a $9, 226, 092 contract which will provide Air Force Materiel Command, 526th Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group technical analysis.  At this time, $793, 651 has been obligated.  55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. have shipped the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., where it will launch July 8. According to Boeing, “the SBSS space vehicle was shipped to Vandenberg after completing a final factory functional checkout. It is current...

According to Boeing (NYSE: BA), Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney will speak at the 26th Annual Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York on June 3rd at 2 p.m. McNerney’s remarks will be broadcast live at www.boeing.com. The firm encourages individuals to check the website prior to the event to...

According to the Department of Defense, “BAE Systems was awarded a $37, 403, 500 firm-fixed-price contract for 181 improved cab protection cabs and 181 applique kits for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.  Work is to be performed in Sealy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2011.  One bid was solicited with...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) reports that “the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF navigation spacecraft that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing.” The satellite, GPS IIF-1, is preparing for a May 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air For...

According to the Department of Defense, “BAE (HHM402-10-D-0013); General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) (HHM402-10-D-0014); Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) (HHM402-10-D-0015); Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NGC) (HHM402-10-D-0016); SAIC (NYSE: SAI) (HHM402-10-D-0017); Systems Research and Applications Corp., Fairfax, Va. (HHM402-10-D-0018); BC Fed Group, LLC, Resto...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) unveiled the fighter-sized Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system, a test bed for advanced technologies. “We are on a fast track, and first flight is in sight, ” said Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom Works. “Phantom Ray is on schedule to fly in December, about two years after this project began. This...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) successfully launched the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B, for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. The OTV was launched on an Atlas V rocket into a low Earth orbit today at 7:52 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41. “The X-37B has the potential to...

According to the Department of Defense: “Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $33, 797, 589 contract which will provide sustainment support for the Minuteman Weapon System.  At this time, $31, 797, 589 has been obligated.  526 ICBMSG/PKE, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001). Boeing (NYSE: BA) was a...