Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) and Chemring Military Products have won positions on a potential five-year, $750 million contract to provide non-standard mortar weapons systems and ammunition for the U.S. Army. The Army Contracting Command received four proposals for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate funds and assign work location upon award of...
A Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) subsidiary has secured a potential $329 million contract modification to provide security and base operations support services to the U.S. Army. Vectrus Systems will perform work in Kuwait through Dec. 28, 2016, the Defense Department said Monday. The Army Contracting Command will obligate the full contract amount from the...
The U.S. Navy has awarded six firms curriculum analyses and planning services task order contracts worth a projected $154 million over a six-year total ordering period. Camber Corp., Carley Corp., Sonalysts, Cape Henry Associates, General Dynamics‘ (NYSE:GD) IT subsidiary and Logistics Services International received a three-year bas...
BAE Systems Inc., the British defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary, has won a potential four-year, $75.3 million contract to perform engineering and technical work on combat identification systems for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Monday the company will provide 1, 075, 200 man-hours of CIDS support to the Naval Air Warfare C...
A subsidiary of Japan-based conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NYSE: NTT) has agreed to purchase the information technology services and consulting business of Dell for $3.05 billion as part of a push to expand further into new geographic markets such as the U.S. The companies did not disclose a timeline for the transaction’s cl...
General Atomics has completed its $14.6 million acquisition of aerospace and defense technical business Miltec Corp. from Ducommun (NYSE: DCO). Ducommun said Monday the sale of its Miltec businesse is one part of its strategy to reduce company debt. Miltec provides weapons and military defense systems engineering, technical and progra...
The State Department has cleared a potential $3.2 billion foreign military sales agreement for the U.K. to procure Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) P-8A maritime surveillance planes and related equipment and support services from the U.S. The U.K. ordered nine Poseidons in an effort to supplement patrol and reconnaissance missions of the British mi...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has received a $180 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue procurement of F-35 aircraft parts. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification builds on the advance acquisition contract awarded in December 2015 for long-lead-time materials, components and parts for the low-rate in...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $1.5 billion contract modification to fund the procurement of C-130J aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract represents full funding for the procurement of long-lead items the Air Force ordered along with 28 fiscal 2016 C-130J. The covered aircraft are&nb...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) have secured contracts worth $130.3 million combined to help reduce radar risks for the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Recapitalization program. The service branch awarded $70.3 million to Northrop’s systems business and $60 mil...
