Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
Five companies will compete for task orders to advise and assist the U.S. Air Force in matters related to intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, cyber effects and electromagnetic spectrum operations. USAF allocated $1,000 for each awardee on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract using fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance fun...
Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) will build and deliver electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to the U.S. Air Force under new contracts worth $142 million combined, expanding a partnership that started through the AFWERX technology program in 2021. The contracts mark the execution phase for the delivery of up to six Archer-built Midnight eVTOL ...
Sixty-six vendors have secured positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop approaches needed to build multidomain systems in support of the service’s warfighting missions. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio received 70 offers for the indefinite-de...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential 10-year, $175 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide overhaul and repair support for advanced high-frequency radar components and related end items on the B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft. Work on the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will occur in El Segundo, California, th...
Thirteen additional vendors will compete for work under a $950 million U.S. Air Force contract vehicle to build and demonstrate Joint All Domain Command and Control technologies for air, land, space, sea, cyber and electromagnetic spectrum operations. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award encompasses the development and operation of mult...
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will engineer systems for the U.S. Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile system modernization program under a $165.9 million task order. Under the three-year award, APL will also continue to research and develop specialized functions to support the Sentinel weapon system, the Dep...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force is looking toward a revised strategy in how it goes about procuring technologies from industry partners and encouraging innovation in the commercial sector. In order to speed up the fielding and implementation of new tools, DAF leaders are turning to alternative sources for products and services. “We have...
The State Department has cleared a potential $2.90 billion foreign military sale of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles manufactured by RTX (NYSE: RTX) to the government of Germany. The potential FMS deal covers the provision of up to 969 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM and 12 AMRAAM C8 guidance sections, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesd...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has secured an $81 million contract modification to continue supporting a joint initiative between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force to build a hypersonic air-breathing weapon system. The modification brings the total cumulative value of the company’s HAWC contract from $272 million to $...
