Susanna Blume, a senior fellow in the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, has said U.S. defense spending is likely to drop if Republicans retain control of the Senate and Democrats win a House majority in the midterm elections. Blume wrote in an article published Monday that such changes in congressional...
Five companies have landed spots on a potential 10-year, $473M contract vehicle to provide personnel and management support to the U.S. Air Force˜s precision measurement equipment laboratories. The Enterprise Contracted PMEL Services II contract will include the provision of materials, tools and other items necessary for pro...
A BAE Systems business unit has received a potential five-year, $72M contract to support air traffic control and landing systems on ships or at shore facilities of the U.S. Navy. BAE’s technology solutions and services group will provide equipment modification, system safety work, quality assurance, test bed operations and techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 30, 2018 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will work to update a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer under a potential $51.5M contract that runs through January 2020, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday HII San Diego Shipyard will perform maintenance and r...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2018 ” Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector of BAE Systems Inc., has said the company aims to build on its internal research and development activities to fulfill work under a multi-award contract with the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 2. The company said Oct. 1 it w...
Six firms have received spots under a potential five-year, $240M, multiple-award contract for design and construction services in support of U.S. Navy forces in Africa. The awardees will demolish, design, build and repair airfields, hangars, air traffic stations, infrastructure and other facilities primarily at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti and additio...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $131.6M undefinitized contract to support sensor systems used by the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat jets. The delivery order comes after a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and tasks Boeing to procure and update weapon replaceable assemblies to suppo...
The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) separate contracts to test radio frequency jamming technologies and provide related technical data. L3 and Northrop will receive up to $35.8M and $35.2M in contract funds, respectively, to perform work on Increment 2 of the Navy’s Next Generat...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) joint venture United Launch Alliance has received a potential $152.4M contract to produce a heavy rocket for the National Reconnaissance Office‘s Launch Mission One. The Defense Department said Wednesday ULA will help the agency launch the mission with a heavy confi...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential $164M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems to support modernization efforts for the U.S. Navy™s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract covers base hardware production services as well as hull, mechanical and electrical updates as part of the DDG...
