Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $397.9 million sole-source contract to move into the second phase of an airborne warning and control system aircraft modernization program for Saudi Arabia’s air force. The company will provide production, training, installation and checkout services to ensure interoperability of the Saudi E-3 AWACS fleet with ...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Frank Calvelli, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition. Calvelli has 34 years of intelligence community experience that includes service at the National Reconnaissance Office, the White House said Wednesday. He worked as NRO&...
Sigma Defense Systems has won a five-year, $250 million contract from the General Services Administration to help the Department of Defense process and distribute sensor data across site-level installations. The company said Thursday it will assist DOD in efforts to install data centers and ground entry points and gateways used to collect data from ...
An ASRC Federal subsidiary has won a potential nine-year, $225.5 million contract to perform mission assurance support work for a U.S. Space Force program that provides full launch service capability to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. ASRC Federal Space & Defense will help the military branch engineer, integrate, verify and...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received an $80.5 million task order to help a U.S. Navy warfare center develop mission technology to defend manned and unmanned aircraft platforms from drone threats. The company said Wednesday it will perform research, development and analysis work for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, to update ...
President Joe Biden has nominated William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper Laboratory and a national security leader, to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense. LaPlante has nearly 40 years of experience in the defense industrial base, acquisition, technology and sustainment, the White House said Tu...
The Defense Logistics Agency has exercised an option period worth $149 million under its contract with the joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary for V-22 Osprey engineering and logistics services. Bell Boeing Joint Project Office will support the joint service tiltrotor aircraft platform for the U.S. Air ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $124.9 million contract modification to produce 42 more Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles for the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The funds cover lot six production of LRASMs along with two dozen weapons datalinks, the Department of Defense said Monday. DOD pegged the contract’s cumulative face value at $549.7...
Christopher O’Donnell, acting assistant secretary for acquisition at the Department of Defense, will keynote a Nov. 3 virtual event hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) to provide insight into the Pentagon’s current priorities to advance capabilities for the U.S. military. O’Donnell ...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense subsidiary has received a $591.6 million modification under the U.S. Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle acquisition contract to produce additional military trucks and trailers. This award covers the delivery of 1,669 JLTV tucks, 868 trailers and associated kits and components to domestic and foreign militar...
