Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $131.6M undefinitized contract to support sensor systems used by the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat jets. The delivery order comes after a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and tasks Boeing to procure and update weapon replaceable assemblies to suppo...
Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has said the company will begin in 2019 to consolidate into a single unit its system modernization and advanced defense services areas that operate under its technology services business. Warden, a three-time Wash100 recipient, told analysts Wednesday...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) is acquiring Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle manufacturer Howe & Howe Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand autonomous technology offerings across land, sea and air domains. The industrial conglomerate said Thursday Howe & Howe’s vehicles and applications will complemen...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) posted $136M in revenue for the third quarter of 2018, up 17 percent from the prior year period. The company said Thursday the total number of subscribers grew to 1.09M in Q3 2018, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 15 percent associated with the rise in government and internet-of-things clients. The McLean...
The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) separate contracts to test radio frequency jamming technologies and provide related technical data. L3 and Northrop will receive up to $35.8M and $35.2M in contract funds, respectively, to perform work on Increment 2 of the Navy’s Next Generat...
Grace Lee, former senior vice president of global human resources at biotechnology firm Charles River Laboratories (NYSE: CRL), has been appointed chief HR and diversity officer at at Cubic (NYSE: CUB). Her appointment is effective Oct. 29 and she will oversee Cubic’s diversity strategy as well as talent management, diversity st...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) joint venture United Launch Alliance has received a potential $152.4M contract to produce a heavy rocket for the National Reconnaissance Office‘s Launch Mission One. The Defense Department said Wednesday ULA will help the agency launch the mission with...
A Chenega subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $151.7M contract from the U.S. Army to provide fee basis providers who will help perform medical screening of applicants seeking to join the armed forces. Chenega Tri-Services will recruit, hire and assign FBPs at 66 sites across the U.S. and Puerto Rico in support of Military Entrance...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential $164M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems to support modernization efforts for the U.S. Navy™s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract covers base hardware production services as well as hull, mechanical and electrical updates as part of the DDG...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary has received a $717.4M sole-source contract to perform logistics and repair services for 98 components of the U.S. Navy‘s CH-53 and MH-53 helicopters. The service branch will allot $142.7M to finance the firm-fixed-priced, performance-based logistics contract’s delivery ord...
