Physical Optics Corp. has been awarded a potential five-year, $76 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide data transfer system components for the UH-1Y, AH-1Z, MH-60R, MH-60S and H-53K aircraft platforms. The Defense Department said Thursday that POC will also deliver Advanced Data Transfer System components t...
A CACI International (NYSE: CACI) subsidiary has won a potential four-year, $77 million contract to provide satellite communications, special operations communications systems and network support services for the U.S. Navy. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in South Carolina awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to CACI Nat...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $63 million order to produce and deliver 18 AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars for the U.S. Navy ‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler jets. The Defense Department said Thursday that Raytheon will also supply two AN/APG-79 AESA r...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has raised concerns about a decision of Denmark to choose the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 over the former’s F/A-18 to serve as the next fighter aircraft platform for the Danish military, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Robert Wall and Doug Cameron write that Denmark’s defense ministry sa...
Matt Needy, formerly director of the Virginia-class submarine program at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been promoted as the division’s vice president of the Virginia-class submarine program and fleet services. He will report to Ken Mahler, Newport News’ VP of Navy ...
The GovCon Index rallied Thursday to extend its current stretch of volatility into a fifth straight session as large primes and S&P 500-listed contractors led advancers in conjunction with gains in the larger U.S. stock market on economic data traders view as a factor against a September interest rate hike. The GovCon Index has ad...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 15, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will launch DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 imaging satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sept. 16, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The satellite is expected to reach a sun-synchronous orbit following lift...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 15, 2016 ” Hughes Network Systems and Airbus‘ defense and space segment have expanded their partnership to offer the HM System satellite networking technology and Skynet satellite communications service in the defense market, ExecutiveBiz said Wednesday. The companies aim to help global military customer...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 15, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has concluded the four-day preliminary design review on three Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft in collaboration with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Monday it reviewed the des...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 15, 2016 ” A subsidiary of Vencore has landed $17 million in contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform work under two technical areas in the Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Venco...
