The U.S. subsidiary of Norway-based defense company Nammo will manufacture variants and components of the M72 Light Assault Weapon under a $498.1 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Army. Nammo Defense Systems will provide the rocket launchers to soldiers for use in their shoulder-launched munition training activity, the Department o...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational Global Positioning System Block IIF satellites. The company will perform engineering work to support on-orbit operations of the constellation used to transmit navigation data to military and civilian users worldwide, the Department of D...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential five-year, $102.6 million contract to upgrade, replace and repair ALR-67(V)3 radar warning systems installed on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 tactical aircraft. The firm-fixed-price contract also includes inventory, obsolescence and configuration management support services for the radar warn...
Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization CNA has received a potential 10-year, $1.22 billion contract to run a federally funded research and development center that will focus on conducting key issues that affect the Department of the Navy and other defense agencies. CNA will support operates at the Navy Studies and Analysis FFRDC under the ...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a $41.2 million contract to produce and test an unmanned underwater vehicle demonstrator for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded project. The company will help DARPA build a full-scale long-endurance UUV system under the cost-plus-fixed-fee Manta Ray Phase 2 contract, the Depart...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a five-year, $27.4 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force maintain a one-way wideband broadcast system used to transmit information to deployed and in-garrison forces across the globe.4 The company will provide architecture sustaining engineering support to the Global Broadcast Service through December ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the defense and intelligence systems division of Hughes Network Systems, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the importance of network management within the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, the advancement of space t...
M1 Support Services will continue to perform aviation maintenance support at Fort Rucker in Alabama under a $522.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. The Texas-based company will extend its services to the military post through Jan. 15, 2023, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command in...
Adam Lurie, a two-decade information technology and services market veteran, has joined artificial intelligence company Torch.AI as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for helping drive the company’s expansion initiatives in multiple customer segments and overseeing its corporate development functions, Torch.AI said Thursday. Lurie ...
