The U.S. Navy has awarded positions to 12 companies on a five-year, $800 million contract to prototype radio frequency components for electronic warfare, communications, radar and information operations. The Defense Department said Monday contractors will vie for task orders to research, design, fabricate, integrate and test open...
The U.S. Navy has awarded an Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) business unit a $121.4 million contract modification to exercise an option to convert AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles into 145 Lot 5 full-rate production, anti-radiation guided missile all-up-rounds. Orbital ATK’s defense electronic systems unit will also provid...
Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) has received a two-year, $90.1 million contract to supply 39 Multi-Spectral Targeting System turrets to the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Monday the company will also provide associated MTS data, spares and production support services under the fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. An MTS sensor c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2016 ” Riverbed Technology has received a security certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency for the company’s SteelHead wide-area network optimization technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Riverbed said Wednesday DISA certified SteelHead as compliant with the Secure Technical Implem...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to purchase $1.22 billion in Raytheon-made (NYSE:RTN) AIM-120D medium-range air-to-air missiles and related equipment under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday Australia ordered 450 AIM-120...
A Textron (NYSE: TXT) business unit has been awarded a $116.5 million contract to update a tactical unmanned aircraft system the U.S. Army operates for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and to relay communications. Textron™s unmanned systems business will work to update 24 of the&nbs...
The State Department has cleared a proposed $260 million foreign military sale of Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) Rolling Airframe Missiles and related equipment to Qatar. Qatar ordered 252 RIM-116C rolling airframe tactical missiles and two RIM 116C-2 rolling airframe telemetry missiles in efforts to protect its naval forces and oil and gas infrastructu...
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) has won a potential $236.5 million contract to provide fuel products to the Defense Logistics Agency‘s energy organization. DLA Energy received 37 proposals for the acquisition program and will use fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017 defense working capital funds to pay for contract work, the De...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $73.8 million contract modification to acquire long-lead parts and components needed to build F-35A fighter jets for Japan. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed will use the materials to complete and deliver six F-35As under low-rate initial production Lot 12 to ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) a 10-year, $443.2 million contract to support information technology systems and applications for U.S. Strategic Command. Five offers were submitted to the Air Force’s 55th Contracting Squadron for the Stratcom Information Technology Capabilities Con...
