A General Atomics business unit has secured a potential three-year, $263.4M contract to produce MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for the U.S. Air Force. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will build the UAVs in accordance with fiscal 2018 production configuration requirements, the Defense Department said Monday. The Air For...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has landed a $350M modification to an existing production support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. The company will provide logistics, integration, production, sustainment, system updates and management support for all JASSM variant...
AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC)’s technology business unit, a North Wind–EA joint venture and Stantec Consulting Services have received spots on a $72M contract for waste services in support of the U.S. Army. The four firms will bid for orders to manage the Army’s hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste under...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $130.4M contract modification to Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aerospace business for decomposition and design efforts in preparation for F-35 Block 4 modernization. The company will work to help the aircraft meet weapon and air system requirements corresponding to Block 4.1 standard, the Defense Department sai...
Millennium has been selected to compete for task orders under an existing $960M multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for program management services supporting the Naval Air Systems Command. The Virginia-based company will join other firms to plan, implement, coordinate, integrate and evaluate strategies, programs and adm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 31, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue its work to develop a joint cybersecurity system for the military under a potential $54.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop Grumman Systems will also work to integrate, field and m...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $564M task order to continue to provide integration and maintenance services for the Defense Department™s mission-critical software and hardware worldwide. The company said Tuesday the task order awarded by the General Services Administration™s Federal Acquisition Service covers su...
Susanna Blume, a senior fellow in the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, has said U.S. defense spending is likely to drop if Republicans retain control of the Senate and Democrats win a House majority in the midterm elections. Blume wrote in an article published Monday that such changes in congressional...
Five companies have landed spots on a potential 10-year, $473M contract vehicle to provide personnel and management support to the U.S. Air Force˜s precision measurement equipment laboratories. The Enterprise Contracted PMEL Services II contract will include the provision of materials, tools and other items necessary for pro...
Sunil Ramchand, former CEO of Mission Essential, has joined VT Group as president and chief growth officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based defense technology contractor. He will oversee VT Group’s growth strategy and also serve as a member of its board of directors, the company said Wednesday. The U.S. Navy veteran previously served...
