Amentum has received a five-year, $301.4 million task order to help the U.S. Air Force maintain three jet trainer platforms, The company will perform organizational- and intermediate-level maintenance support for the T-38C Talon, T-6A Texon II and T-1A Jayhawk aircraft at Vance AF Base, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. USAF officially award...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $482.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture lot 35 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for domestic and international defense customers. The award exercises pre-priced options on an existing contract for the production of AMRAAMs, telemetry systems and spares, the...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $2.41 billion contract to help the U.S. Army operate, modernize and secure a network of government-controlled facilities for hosting large-scale military cyber mission force events. Contractors will compete for individual orders to provide event planning and execution, site security, informat...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on recent congressional actions on the Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2022. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve and move the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate floor for consideration. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese &a...
Four small businesses have won positions on a $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform facilities support work at government installations located in six states. Chugach Consolidated Solutions, Claxton/LT joint venture, KGJJ Engineering Solutions JV and Sunik will compete for task orders under the mu...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary will conduct aircraft carrier ship repair work for the U.S. Navy under a $129.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity delivery order awarded by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The contractor will perform work at its Bremerton, Washington location thr...
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...
