The State Department has approved Italy’s foreign military sale request to purchase the Electronic Attack Mission System and related equipment valued at an estimated $680 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday Italy asked to acquire the Electronic Attack-37B mission system and non-major defense equipment, including n...
The Department of the Air Force has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a potential five-year, $303 million contract to provide planning, analysis and operations support for a core DAF Battle Network component. Leidos said Monday it will perform a wide range of management support to help the department develop the Advanced Battle Management System-Digital I...
The United States is tightening its relationships with allies as a way to navigate today’s complex and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. Recent technological advancements have made it clear that cyber plays an important role in modern global conflict, and the U.S. Department of State wants to cultivate a partner ecosystem dedicated to addre...
Vincent DiFronzo, senior vice president of SAIC‘s Air Force, Combatant Command and Department of Defense business unit, has been selected by Executive Mosaic to serve as chairman of the DOD Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership program is a series of networking and dinner events for senior gov...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $6.9 billion from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture and deliver small diameter bombs to the militaries of U.S., Japan, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the SDB Increment 1 contract includes foreign military sales and encom...
The U.S. Air Force has announced eight Pool 1 awardees and five Pool 2 vendors on the potential $33.2 billion Information Analysis Center multiple-award contract to provide mission-critical research and development support services across the Department of Defense. DOD said Monday the 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base in Ne...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business a $3.23 billion sole-source contract for the production of joint air-to-surface standoff missiles and long-range anti-ship missiles. The firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action covers JASSM Lot 22 and foreign military sales missile procureme...
The U.S. Navy has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a combined ceiling of $1.21 billion to AAR Government Services (NYSE: AIR) and StandardAero for the maintenance and repair of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Under each firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials IDIQ, the contractors will perform depot-level engine maintenance, r...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s proposed foreign military sale request for aircraft spare parts and related equipment worth $228 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, on behalf of Taiwan’s armed forces, made the request to purch...
MITRE has booked a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $541.3 million to provide support to the National Security Engineering Center. The Department of Defense said Monday the contractor will continue serving as the administrator of the federally funded research and development center for another year. Under the cost-reimbursement option contract...
