Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a four-year, $478.8 contract from the U.S. Air Force to engineer, manufacture and develop an electronic warfare system for the F-15 aircraft. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers planning, design development, integration, testing and risk reduction activities for the F-15 Eagle Passiv...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded five companies contract modifications worth $200 million combined to help the military branch develop, prototype, demonstrate, evaluate or transition cyber technology platforms. Work will occur at various contractor facilities in Alabama, New York and Virginia through Jan. 31, 2019, the Defense Departme...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and the Riverside Research Institute have won a pair of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth a combined $48 million to support the U.S. Air Force‘s mission systems open architecture science and technology program. The Defense Department said Thursday task orders under the program encompass ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tumbled Thursday after Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reported a year-over-year decline in third quarter earnings with GCI-S&P 500 companies also notable laggers as U.S. stocks also fell on investor worries over election uncertainty. GovCon Index advancers edged decliners 16-14 and three...
S&K Aerospace has won a potential 15-year, $4.2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide logistics, maintenance and technical support services for 107 foreign military sales customers under the Parts and Repair Ordering System V program. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received four proposals for the indefinite-de...
The Defense Department has finalized a “unilateral contract” worth more than $6.1 billion to fund Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) low-rate initial production of 57 lot 9 F-35 fighter jets, Reuters reported Wednesday. Mike Stone writes the deal covers 42 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force, Japan, Israel a...
Military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has agreed to acquire government services contractor Camber Corp. for $380 million in a move to diversify revenue and add new information technology work with U.S. defense, intelligence and civilian agencies. Huntington Ingalls’ move for Camber comes in a year where other ...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Fujifilm SonoSite a potential 10-year, $799.6 million contract for ultrasound machines, accessories and training support services. DLA received 27 offers for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement, the Defense Department said Tuesday...
Bechtel‘s plant machinery organization will continue work on naval nuclear propulsion components for the U.S. Navy under a $532.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract. The Navy will obligate $520.5 million in fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion funds at the time of award of the modification, the Defense...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed in narrow range Tuesday despite a majority of the session in positive as declines by aerospace and defense primes offset gains by Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) on news of a pending divestiture and Engility Corp. (NYSE: EGL) after quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. GovC...
