Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $328.16 million contract to manufacture lot 21 of updated AIM-9X Sidewinder multimission missiles for U.S. and foreign military customers. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the three-year contract from Naval Air Systems Command covers the production of Block II all up round tactical and air tra...
Thomas Ayres, former U.S. Air Force general counsel who oversaw the legislation that created the Space Force, has been named chief legal officer and general counsel of Voyager Space Holdings. The Denver-based company said Tuesday that Ayres’ appointment is another of Voyager’s major staff announcements that include Jim Bridenstine, former NASA a...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the meetings of President Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that ...
An ASRC Construction subsidiary has won a $133 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to pave road and airfield surfaces at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. ASRC Earthworks beat five other proposers to the paving project via an Alaska District 8(a) business development program set-aside compet...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will perform replacement-in-kind services for three Seahawk multimission naval helicopters under a $129 million contract modification awarded by the U.S. Navy. The branch will obligate the full amount of the modification to increase the scope for the company’s MH-60R production and delivery work under a previously a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2021 — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will now be able to offer cyber readiness assessment services to defense companies following the former’s designation as a certified third-party assessment organization under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, ExecutiveBiz reported Ju...
The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies six-year contracts worth $72.6 million combined to provide lifecycle, modernization and in-service engineering support for the service’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyers. The Naval Sea Warfare Center Philadelphia Division launched a competitive procurement process and received eight o...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $128.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force conduct F-15 fighter aircraft training in various U.S., Pacific and European locations. The company will be responsible for providing high-fidelity devices, tools and equipment, materials and supplies, and support services for the F-15 Mission Training Center’s...
Noble Supply and Logistics, a small business headquartered in Massachusetts, has won a potential $263.4 million contract to supply weapon hardware and spare parts to four U.S. military branches. The Defense Logistics Agency received two responses via a competitive acquisition process for the fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contr...
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is working with other agencies to replace the periodic reinvestigation of federal employee and contractor security clearance holders with a continuous vetting process as part of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 framework. DCSA — which took over the responsibility for the management and operation of ...
