The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NSYE: RTX) a $212.05 million sole-source delivery order to provide fighter aircraft engines to Morocco to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. The order is for F100-PW-229 install engines, manufactured by Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney business, as part of an indefinite-delivery/in...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has hired seven former military and government officials and industry veterans to serve as partners on its Washington, D.C.-based federal global business services team. The company said Monday the key additions reflect its commitment to helping federal agencies advance information technology modernization efforts. Brian Davis, a reti...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded three companies positions on a $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply various types of commercial metal products to U.S. military branches as part of DLA’s Metals Tailored Logistics Support program. DLA received six responses for the competitive acquisition program and s...
The Senate has confirmed Heidi Shyu‘s nomination to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering, a role first held by Michael Griffin since the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act elevated it at undersecretary level. As USD(R&E), Shyu will be responsible for setting the strategy for D...
Shield AI has acquired Heron Systems for an undisclosed sum to further expand its artificial intelligence engineering and reinforcement learning capabilities. Heron Systems is a software company founded in 1993 and is known for developing an AI pilot that emerged undefeated against a human Air Force F-16 fighter pilot in five rounds of simulated air...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business has received a $90.2 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to perform tests and related activities to support the transition of a guidance electronic unit to production as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. Under the award, Raytheon Missiles...
Braxton Technologies, now part of Parsons (NYSE: PSN), has secured a $139.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Space Force to continue ground-based satellite systems support at the Space and Missiles Systems Center. The company is helping the service branch prototype, integrate and manage network, infrastructure, architecture and hardware s...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will supply additional missile launcher systems for installation on the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Constellation-class frigates under a four-year, $231.4 million contract modification. The service branch procured 70 more MK41 Vertical Launching System modules along with ancillary equipment from c...
Six companies have won positions on a $218.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the U.S. Navy’s surface ship programs. Each contractor will receive $100,000 as a guaranteed minimum contract amount and can vie for engineering and technical services, program management and information technology support task orde...
Four companies have been selected to provide mission support services for the U.S. Army’s Futures and Concepts Center through a potential five-year, $240 million contract. The Army Field Directorate Office in Virginia received 15 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Monday. Contracto...
