Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has secured a potential $708 million contract to manufacture and engineer eight-blade propeller systems for the U.S. Air Force’s military transport planes. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Collins Aerospace will supply NP2000 propellers, an electronic pr...
Poland has requested to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and related equipment from the U.S. government under a $10 billion foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The proposed FMS transaction includes 18 M142 HIMARS launchers, tactical missile systems, extended-rang...
Leonardo has received a $91.9 million contract from a U.S. combatant command to modernize the avionics system of a fixed-wing aircraft that supports the missions of special operations forces. Under the Special Operations Command contract, the Italy-based defense and aerospace conglomerate will be responsible for designing, modifying, integrating and...
Changes in global activity and geopolitical developments in the last few years have catalyzed a heavy focus on near-peer competition within the Department of Defense. As the DOD shifts away from its primary focus for the last two decades, counterterrorism, and toward the escalating global competition, defense leaders are reshaping their priorities t...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) received a $92 million contract modification to integrate the Department of the Navy’s Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system onto multiple aircraft platforms operated by four U.S. military branches. The award covers the procurement of 78 DoN LAIRCM processors and 814 other weapon replaceable assemblies, th...
Amentum has won a 15-year, $4.64 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate manage information technology and procurement processes for defense service support to foreign military sales customers. The company will support Air Force, Navy and Army FMS transactions under the Parts and Repair Ordering Sy...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will provide guidance subsystems support for the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile under a potential 16-year, $1.6 billion contract. Minuteman ICBM guidance systems have recorded more than 40 million hours of operation and Boeing said Wednesday it will help maintain the readiness of such technologi...
BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services unit will continue to help the U.S. Air Force integrate hardware and software into Intercontinental Ballistic Missile systems under a $651.6 million contract modification. The two-year contract entails sustaining engineering support to the Minuteman III and Sentinel Systems Directorates, the Depar...
Intelligent Waves will provide crowdsourced flight data support services to the U.S. Air Force under a two-year, $99.9 million contract. The company will assist the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in performing flight test mission instrumentation modifications, enhancements and operations as part of...
In today’s global landscape, information is the weapon of choice. The cyber aggressions playing out in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have been well-documented and China has been strengthening its electronic warfare capabilities over the last several years. “I think that most nations want to avoid the attrition that comes from...
