The U.S. Air Force has awarded three nonprofit organizations positions on the unrestricted full and open portion of a potential $28 billion contract vehicle for research and development support services to the Pentagon’s Defense Technical Information Center. Battelle, MRIGLobal and Southwest Research Institute will vie for task orders to ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) have landed spots on a potential five-year, $4.1 billion contract to develop and deliver radar platforms to the Missile Defense Agency. All three companies will vie for task orders to provide autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discr...
Mike Edwards, formerly corporate director of space, intelligence and cyber at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) DigitalGlobe business as vice president and senior adviser for defense programs. DigitalGlobe said Thursday Edwards will report to President Dan Jablonsky andlead...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has purchased Columbia, Md.-based aerospace engineering and space situational awareness services provider Applied Defense Solutions for approximately $50 million in a move to build up its space mission capabilities. L3 said Monday it will operate the newly acquired firm as L3 ADS to provide space exploratio...
The State Department has approved a potential $930 million foreign military sale of weapons, support equipment and services for six AH-64E Apache helicopters the Indian government intends to buy through a direct commercial sale transaction. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Lo...
DPW Holdings subsidiary Coolisys Technologies aims to expand its technology development and manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of electronic systems provider Enertec Systems for approximately $9 million. DPW said Wednesday its Fremont, Calif.-based subsidiary will add more than 70 new workers, most of whom will be engineers wi...
Defense Systems and Solutions has received a potential $2.56 billion contract to aid a rapid response and integrated hardware facility that supports the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and the Defense Department. The small business will provide technical support services through May 21, 2027, for the Prototype Integration Facility of the Avia...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business has received two U.S. Army contract modifications with a combined $235.2 million value for the delivery of tactical vehicle upgrades. The company will provide recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, palletized load system trucks, PLS trailers and updates for container transfer on ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat‘s government business, has said the National Defense Strategy serves to underscore efforts to increase U.S. capability for space-based threat awareness and space asset protection, ExecutiveBiz reported May 10. ...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a potential $210.4 million contract to help the U.S. Navy manage a nuclear regional maintenance department at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. General Dynamics Electric Boat will provide staff and operation services to support requirements on nuclear-po...
