A BAE Systems unit has secured an $843.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide life cycle contractor support for a capability under the service branch’s next generation aircraft missile warning system program. The action requires BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration to conduct LCCS work for the Limi...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a four-year, $64.9 million contract to engineer intelligence systems and applications for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide engineering and technical services to the Office of Naval Intelligence’s Hopper Information Services Center under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, t...
Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to address military freefall and static line requirements of Naval Special Warfare Command across various l...
Virgin Orbit and blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) have agreed to merge that would result in the satellite launch services provider becoming a publicly traded company with an enterprise value of approximately $3.2 billion. The boards of directors of Virgin Orbit and NextGen have cleared the transaction and both parties ...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Elbit Systems of America have won a four-year, $92.4 million shared contract to manufacture helmet-mounted image intensification technology for U.S. Army aviators. The two companies will compete for orders under the service branch’s Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System III program, the Department of...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should continue its focus on intellectual property and security and address challenges related to those two factors to safeguard and further advance innovation. He...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Trident Engineering & Procurement a potential $194 million contract to supply the Department of the Navy with multifunctional and single-function devices for shipboard use. DLA received two responses for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive bidding proce...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected eight companies to compete for large construction projects within NAVFAC’s mid-Atlantic area of operations through a five-year, $950 million contract vehicle. The contractors can offer design-build and design-bid-build services to demolish, repair or modify facilities, the Department of...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $487 million contract from the U.S. Army for the provision of engineering services and technical support to the service branch’s Apache AH-64 attack helicopters through Feb. 6, 2026. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command has task orders that will determine work locations and fu...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has secured a potential four-year, $136.5 million contract to consolidate IT help desks for the U.S. Navy. The company will build a knowledge-based platform that uses artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning and analytics technology to manage the branch&...
