Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received an $86.3 million contract modification to perform ancillary hardware and software upgrades to the F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft of the U.S. Navy and six international government customers. The modification includes foreign military sales to Australia, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia an...
Stratolaunch, the world’s largest airplane, with a wingspan of 385 feet, a height of 50 feet and total possible weight of 1.3 million pounds, was quietly rolled out Wednesday in the California desert. The plane is meant to carry Pegasus XL rockets designed by Orbital ATK, a Dulles-based company, that would be tethered to the belly of...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has received a potential five-year, $244 million contract to provide training support services for the U.S. Navy™s Center for Surface Combat Systems. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide warfare training and curriculum development support for CSCS™ 15 learning areas...
DynCorp International has won a potential $124.5 contract from the U.S. Army to provide logistics support for government-owned, fixed-wing transport aircraft platforms. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will support C-12, C-26 and UC-35 fleets and provide limited services to T-6 military trainers under the f...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $243.9 million contract to supply 72 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars, spares and support services to the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform contract-related work in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is scheduled to finish Ja...
On the last trading day in May the GovCon Index ended the month up as major U.S. indices all ended down. The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index ended the day up 0.540 percent to 95.745. Advancers outpaced decliners 2 to 1. The three U.S. indices gave back more of May’s gains to close down on the day. However the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” IAP Worldwide Services will work to provide technology platforms and services to Defense Department customers under the potential $37.4 billion Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Friday its position as a Phase 1 awardee in the U.S. Army...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has hired 31-year nuclear industry veteran Jeff Kerridge as senior vice president of business development for the management services group’s nuclear and environment strategic business unit, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Kerridge brings experience from his previous work at CH2...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will produce composite parts for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit aircraft under a potential $90 million contract from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The contract covers non-recurring engineering work and the production of 17 hot trailing edge compo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 ” The General Atomics aeronautical systems business has completed its longest endurance flight so far for the “certifiable” variant of the Predator B remotely piloted aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Thursday the MQ-9B SkyGuardian variant flew non...
