The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX (NYSE: RTX) company Raytheon an approximately $1.05 billion sole source contract to upgrade the sensors on the F-22 Raptor fighter jets. The Department of Defense said Friday the fixed-price-incentive, undefinitized contract provides for Group B hardware, spares and support equipment. Work on the contract will be p...
RTI International and the Department of Defense have signed a cooperative agreement for the former to continue overseeing the Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Consortium, or DSEC. The nonprofit research institute said Thursday the potential 10-year, $190 million deal is intended to boost STEM education among K-16 st...
Although elaborate technological demands are certainly one hurdle to the Department of Defense achieving Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, the quieter but no less pressing challenge is government bureaucracy, Breaking Defense reported earlier this month. “It’s a very complex political problem, I think the tech is the ea...
BAE Systems‘ San Diego Ship Repair business has received a potential $225.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain and upgrade an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. Work on the USS Halsey (DDG 97) Fiscal 2024 Depot Modernization Period will be conducted in San Diego, California, until April 2026. the De...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential $3.9 billion contract to provide training systems and design, develop, integrate and test simulation platforms for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The Department of Defense said Wednesday work on the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will occur in O...
Bethesda, Maryland-based Aretum has appointed Tiffany Bailey, a business development executive, as executive vice president of operations and growth. In a LinkedIn post published Wednesday, Bailey said she looks forward to partnering with Aretum CEO Rohit Gupta to expand the company’s footprint and support the government’s mission. “At Are...
Saab Inc., the U.S. business arm of the Swedish aerospace and defense company, has booked a $494.4 million contract from the U.S. Army for the production of XM919 Individual Assault Munition, or IAM. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price contract, which covers an unspecified amount of XM919 IAM, was awarded to Saab by the...
The foreign military sales process, wherein international governments seek armaments and defense support from the U.S., is a complicated and highly bureaucratic system that stretches across multiple major agencies, not just the Department of Defense. Officials blame slow industrial base production, lack of Congressional funding and diffuse proc...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has secured a U.S. Army contract worth $990 million to equip dismounted infantry formations with an organic, stand-off capability. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the capability is for destroying tanks, light armored vehicles, hardened targets, defilade and personnel targets. The cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements are here, and the clock is ticking for organizations affected by them. Per the Department of Defense’s estimates, starting in Q1 2025, all new DOD contracts will require self-assessment at CMMC Level 1 or Level 2 before award. By Q3 2...
