Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a potential 16-year, $9.2B contract to build up to 475 T-X trainer aircraft and 120 ground-based training platforms for the U.S. Air Force. œToday™s announcement is the culmination of years of unwavering focus by the Boeing and Saab team, Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing™s defense, space and sec...
Gerry Fasano, an executive vice president and chief of business development and strategy at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named president of the company™s defense group in a move that takes effect Oct. 1, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. An internal memo obtained by the publication says the appointment is part of Leidos™ reorganization e...
The General Services Administration has awarded a potential 10-year, $2.5B blanket purchase agreement to two teams led by Carahsoft Technology and Grant Thornton to update the government payroll, leave management and work schedule systems. The NewPay BPA includes the delivery of software-as-a-service platforms and services to support the federal gov...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded contracts to seven companies and a nonprofit organization to further develop their respective hypersonic weapon concepts. MDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday contractors will work on their proposed kinetic and non-kinetic hypersonic glide and terminal defense weapon systems through the contracts wor...
General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) One Source business has won a potential five-year, $465M contract to implement a hardware product line for the U.S. Army. The Army Contracting Command received two bids for the project that is slated for completion by Sept. 26, 2023, the Defense Department said Thursday. One Source also secured a position ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) a potential $5.25B contract and General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary a potential $4.03B contract to construct new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ships. Under the contract, HII will build up to six DDG 51 ships while Bath Iron Works wil...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential six-year, $482.3M contract to update MK 15 Close-in Weapon Systems for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army as well as the governments of Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. The company will also overhaul systems and provide hardware for the CIWS platform used to defend against&n...
United Launch Alliance has received an $867M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to maintain and sustain launch infrastructure for the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets that support national security space missions. Work also covers Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program management, mission integration and assurance, rocket depreciation and ...
The Food and Drug Administration has awarded four companies contracts worth up to $75M each to develop automated methods for reporting adverse drug events. IBM (NYSE: IBM), Acumen, Dovel Technologies and IQVIA Government Solutions will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and other automation...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 27, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has unveiled a new innovation center in Florida that is aimed to accommodate an estimated 5K employees and house five laboratories to support research and development efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the 6.5K-square-foot facility, which is...
