TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 12, 2017 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) global defense business will provide rotational exercise design support to the U.S. Army‘s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany under a potential $11 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday Cubic Global Defense will hel...
The State Department has approved Australia™s request to buy tactical radio systems to support upgrades to F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft as well as 120mm tank ammunition and related services under two foreign military agreements worth approximately $151.4 million combined. Australia requested to procure Multifunctional Information D...
The Pentagon™s most expensive F-35 fighter jet program is expected to become even more pricey as costs spike nearly 7 percent to $406.5 billion. There is at least $27 billion in overruns, according to a draft of the Selected Acquisition Report to be submitted this week to Congress obtained by Bloomberg. After years of declines, the...
Weekly Roundup July 3 – July 7 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Open source intelligence, or OSINT, has existed as a concept for decades, but is enjoying a resurgence in corporate and public interest. The federal government, and the intelligenc...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential three-year, $73.8 million contract to begin work on the second phase of the U.S. Army™s Long Range Precision Fires missile program. The contract covers the technological maturation and risk reduction phase in which the company will design and fly prototype missiles in preparation for the engin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VITpiDwWZys Marines fire M777-A2 Howitzers to provide around the clock support to Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve throughout Syria from May to June 2017. Operation Inherent Resolve is a global coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (Video by Sgt. Matthew Callahan) (Editing by Lance Cpl. Jaime...
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has purchased Duluth, Georgia-based Richland Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow processing subsystems offerings for aerospace and defense clients. Mercury said Wednesday it plans to keep RTL™s presence in Duluth and that the transaction complements its purchase of Switzerland-based military and ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been selected to support a $442.9 million effort to upgrade the Australian air force’s fleet of E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft. The service branch said Wednesday Boeing will equip E-7As with new combat identification sensors, tactical data links and communication and en...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsgdiFmCZo Capt. Michael Gucwa an, AV-8B Harrier pilot with VMA-311, explains the training and importance of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2017. During the flight Harrier pilots fired the (APKWS), a laser-guided r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2017 ” Carl De Groote, senior director for Defense Department programs at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has said a combination of automation technology and a highly skilled workforce will help DoD build on its cybersecurity, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. He wrote in a guest piece published S...
