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BAE Systems‘ land and armaments unit has secured a $133.6 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to obtain materials needed for the production of M992A3 carrier ammunition-tracked vehicles and M109A7 howitzers. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Contracting Command obligated $44.2 million at the ...

Weekly Roundup March 27 – March 31 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, the GovCon industry witnessed several high-profile private sector executive moves. It goes without saying that these leadership changes could impact industry in a positive way...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential seven-year $288 million contract to build a laser-based training device for the U.S. Army to simulate the firing capacity of soldiers and combat vehicles as well as test the engagement effects of multiple weapons. The Defense Department said Friday the Instrumentable ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a four-year, $581.8 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to supply air vehicle initial spares for the F-35 program. The Defense Department said Friday the order covers F-35 common spares; F-35A, F-35B and F-35C unique spares; aloft spares packages/deployment spares packages a...

United Launch Alliance has received a $270.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicle production services. The Defense Department said Friday the modification covers support for the configuration and transportation of a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The award also adds a prepriced contract li...

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has landed a three-year, $199.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the full-rate production of lot 17 AIM-9X Sidewinder tactical missiles. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce AIM-9X Block II captive air training missiles, all-up-round containers, spare advan...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2017 ” The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) subsidiaries to provide new and recapitalized ammunition cartridges under respective contracts worth $63.7 million and $47.5 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $1.59 billion contract to produce and deploy counterfire target acquisition radar systems for the U.S. Army. Work under the order dependent contract will run through March 29, 2022, and locations and funds will be provided with each order, the Defense Department said Thursday. The A...

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary and U.S. Ordnance have secured positions on a potential six-year, $221 million contract to provide flexible and fixed variations of a machine gun system to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday that U.S. Ordnance and General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems busin...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $2.2 billion contract modification to build 17 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as well as associated long lead parts for the U.S. Navy, foreign military sales customers and cooperative agreement partners. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification also covers unknown obsolescence, class I ...