William Rittershaus, formerly senior system engineer of Systems Planning and Analysis and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been appointed director of the company’s operations in Huntsville, Ala. He will oversee business strategy and development activities targeting Conventional Prompt Strike or hypersonics-related projects withi...
Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received a $255.4M firm-fixed-price contract modification to continue development and fabrication work for the U.S. Air Force‘s Weather System Follow-on Microwave program for a low-Earth orbit satellite. The modification is the result of an exercised option and raises the contract‘s cumulative value to...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has landed a $350M modification to an existing production support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. The company will provide logistics, integration, production, sustainment, system updates and management support for all JASSM variant...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $130.4M contract modification to Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aerospace business for decomposition and design efforts in preparation for F-35 Block 4 modernization. The company will work to help the aircraft meet weapon and air system requirements corresponding to Block 4.1 standard, the Defense Department sai...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 31, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue its work to develop a joint cybersecurity system for the military under a potential $54.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop Grumman Systems will also work to integrate, field and m...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Boeing (NYSE: BA) has begun to œself-fund research and development work on some Defense Department programs as it aims to win new contract opportunities. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, wrote that one of those opportunities is th...
Six firms have received spots under a potential five-year, $240M, multiple-award contract for design and construction services in support of U.S. Navy forces in Africa. The awardees will demolish, design, build and repair airfields, hangars, air traffic stations, infrastructure and other facilities primarily at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti and additio...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) joint venture United Launch Alliance has received a potential $152.4M contract to produce a heavy rocket for the National Reconnaissance Office‘s Launch Mission One. The Defense Department said Wednesday ULA will help the agency launch the mission with a heavy confi...
A U.S. subsidiary of Rolls Royce has landed a potential eight-year, $100M contract for development, demonstration and transition of turbine-based propulsion, power and thermal systems for the U.S. Air Force. LibertyWorks will perform work under the first phase of USAF’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capabi...
General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation business has won a potential eight-year, $250M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the first phase of the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program. GE Aviation will help the military service develop, transition and dem...
