Boeing (NYSE: BA) and aerospace conglomerate Embraer are in talks over a œpossible combination. Brazil-based Embraer said Thursday any deal that would emerge from the discussions would need to be approved by Embraer shareholders, both firms™ boards of directors, the Brazilian government and other regulatory authorities. Embraer added there...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments unit has received a potential $227.8 million contract modification to produce up to 228 sets of M109A7 self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier vehicles. The Army Contracting Command obligated the full amount of the modification from its fiscal 2017 Army “other” procurement funds at the ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2017 ” A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) business unit has established a new office in Florida as it seeks to build on its command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio for the military, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 14. The company said Dec. 14 Cubic Mission Solutions&...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has received a three-year, $154.4 million U.S, Navy contract to to support Increment 8 of the Trident II Strategic Weapon System Shipboard Integration effort for two classes of future U.S. and U.K. ballistic missile submarines. The Defense Department said Wednesday Lockheed’s rotary and miss...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2gTmUpvOBg Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated amphibious breach in support of Steel Knight-18 at San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2017. Steel Knight-18 is a 1st Marine Division led exercise which enables Marines and Sailors to operate in a realistic environmen...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential five-year, $79.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform support work on multirole combat and electronic warfare aircraft platforms. The company will provide maintenance, parts manufacturing, instrumentation, modification and engineering services for F/A-18A-F and EA-18G fleets, the De...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lnjQYi0N4A PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 25-28, 2017) Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) are small surface combatant ships with specific, yet flexible, capabilities. The ships employ a system-of-systems approach through a series of modular mission packages, unmanned vehicles and an innovative hull design. Sailors assigned to USS Gab...
Siemens Government Technologies Inc. announced Monday that the company has received its first Euro-financed Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) to help the U.S. government save energy and cut down on costs overseas. Siemens and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the $9.4 million contract to install, maintain and operate several ener...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has concluded its approximately $3.27 billion purchase of CH2M through a cash-and-stock transaction in a move to establish a $15 billion combined firm that will provide infrastructure and professional services to government and commercial clients. Jacobs said Monday it plans to streamline its operating ...
Germany™s military has cleared a plan to start the competition for a potential $4.72 billion contract to purchase 45 to 60 heavy-lift helicopters to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Friday. A source said Gen. Volker Wieker, chief of staff of the German Bundeswehr, signed Thursday a document to mark the start...
