Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business will provide engineering support for the development of a component intended to modernize a missile defense system segment under a $50 million contract from the U.S. Army. Associated work on the THAAD 5.0 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment will be done at Lockheed MFC&...
Amentum has won an eight-year, $475 million contract to provide maintenance and logistics support for the U.S. Navy’s F-16 aircraft fleet. The company will help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division maintain F-16A/B/C/D variants at the organizational, intermediate and depot levels, the Department of Defense said Thursday. NAWCAD recei...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has secured a potential five-year, $383 million contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command facilitate classroom learning and instructional simulation for approximately 100,000 sailors. GDIT will develop a curriculum and aids that can assist trainee...
Tanya Pemberton, senior vice president of the national systems group at The Aerospace Corporation since September 2019, has been appointed executive vice president in a move that will take effect at the start of 2024. Aerospace said Thursday she will succeed Wayne Goodman, who is set to retire in December after a 36-year career at...
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has deployed and established contact with two nanosatellites that employ optical inter-satellite links to establish secure communications with each other and reduce network latency. The 6U satellites launched into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-8 rideshare mission in support of the Eu...
A Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) subsidiary has received from the U.S. Air Force three separate one-year contracts worth $110.5 million combined to provide data-as-a-service platforms to support command and control and decision-making operations. Palantir USG will support the Headquarters Air Force by enabling HAF to integrate personnel, health,...
Edgewater Federal Solutions will provide enterprise information technology and professional engineering services to the FBI’s IT infrastructure division a contract valued at $138 million over five years. The company said Wednesday it will help the bureau manage data center, cloud computing and remote office systems at three domestic sites. Dav...
FDH Aero has consolidated three of its brands into a single business group that will offer electronic components in the defense and aerospace market. The FDH Aero Electronic Products Group, led by Mitch Enright, merges units focused on electronics, consumables and electrical component products, the company said Thursday. Enright has served as presid...
An affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds has completed its acquisition of ship repair services provider Titan Acquisition Holdings from global investment firm Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG) and Stellex Capital Management. The transaction was first announced in February. Titan is the parent company of three ship repair and marine fabrication service...
Modernization is currently a top priority for the U.S. Navy, and the service branch has already revamped its Navigation Plan to reflect the urgent need for cutting-edge capabilities. More recently, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, ordered the development of a 30-year infrastructure modernization plan, ...
