The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a two-year, $195 million contract modification to produce additional tail kits for the service branch’s Joint Direct Attack Munitions. The modification will increase the cumulative face value of a previously awarded JDAM tail kit production contract to nearly $927.5 mill...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” PAE will perform work under the U.S. Air Force‘s Contract Field Teams program as part of a $50 million task order for flight line, flight management and aviation maintenance support services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will support activities...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and the Missile Defense Agency are working to bolster the security of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system against cyber threats with new approaches in fulfillment of a previously awarded contract worth up to $91.5 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Robert Smith, a se...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business unit will build on its production of the AGM-114 Hellfire missiles for the U.S. Army under an $80.2 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control will be tas...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” The Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Bell Helicopter joint venture will work to update three MV-22 Osprey aircraft for the U.S. Navy under a $69.6 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2018 ” BAE Systems will provide updated precision guidance kits to the U.S. Army under an $8 million contract in efforts to increase the accuracy of 155-millimeter artillery munitions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract from the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium ...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments unit in the U.S. will support the production of howitzers and ammunition carrier vehicles under a potential $148.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. The modification award to BAE Systems Land and Armaments covers early procurement material for M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer and M992A3 C...
Kurt Abkemeier, who joined Fidelis Cybersecurity in July 2017, has been appointed chief financial officer of the Bethesda, Maryland-based automation detection and response technology company. Fidelis said Thursday Abkemeier brings 20 years of industry experience to his new position and the company expects him to play a key r...
Thomas Bell, senior vice president of global sales and marketing at Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, will rejoin Rolls-Royce this month as president of the aircraft engine manufacturer’s defense arm. Rolls-Royce said Wednesday Bell initially joined the company in mid-2012 as pre...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $235 million initial task order from the U.S. Army to modernize the Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept on Target system. The award represents the first of five annual orders the Army would issue annually as part of a potential five-year, $2.3 billion Patriot system-of-systems engineering support contr...
