TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” BAE Systems has offered a vehicle platform based on the M8 Armored Gun System in its bid for the U.S. Army‘s program on the Mobile Protected Firepower combat vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday it will submit the proposed infantry brigade combat team vehic...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $282.3 million contract modification to obtain components for lot 10 P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft for the U.S. Navy, Norway and the U.K. The company will obtain long lead items needed to manufacture 19 Poseidon units and perform work under the modification through March 2022, the Defense Depart...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 5, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide its MK 41 vertical launching system for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship that BAE Systems is building for the U.K. navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The system will serve to launch anti-air, anti-submarine, surface-to-surface and strike-length missiles fr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_IzQmeDVc Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 5, Special Purpose MAGTF – Crisis Response – Central Command, conduct convoy operations throughout Iraq in order to resupply forward operating bases with essential necessities for ongoing operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Tyler Harrison)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB0OwgBU6BA Combat Logistics Battalion 13 continues to be the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The LCE gives the MEU the ability to support itself for 15 days in austere environments....
David Young, regional vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has said he believes the company’s purchase of Level 3 Communications provides CenturyLink an opportunity to provide integrated technology offerings for federal clients and manage current and new government contracts, FierceTelecom reported Tuesday...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $77.3 million contract option for the low-rate initial production of lot 4 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will manufacture 570 SDB II units along with 524 single and dual weapon containers under the exercised option, the&n...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has agreed to acquire Greenbelt, Maryland-based government technology services contractor Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its high-tech professional service offerings for NASA and other federal agencies. “SGT is a great company with very talented people and is the right fit for us as w...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nDLiCr5do The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) conducts operations while deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. The Iwo Jima ARG embarks the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit a...
Weekly Roundup February 19 – February 23, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Significant Contract Activity This Month and The Wash100 Vote Continues Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO The Wash100 popular vote continues this week, if you have yet to place a vote, you can visit theWash100 voting page and vote ...
