The U.S. Navy looks to unload its Boeing-built F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets and buy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft to address a shortage of fighters jets aboard the service branch’s carriers, Reuters reported Saturday. Andrea Shalal writes a Navy official said the plan could be implemented as part of the fiscal year 2018 bud...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 17 companies positions on a potential five-year, $750 million contract to provide a wide range of support services for the military branch’s operations in U.S. states and Puerto Rico. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract carries a one-year base value of $50 million and work could extend through De...
A United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary has secured a $309.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide propulsion system services in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Pratt & Whitney will supply hardware, training course materi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 29, 2016 ” General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary will provide planning yard services and support for the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered submarines and moored training ships under a $24.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will fu...
Four companies have been awarded three-year contracts to provide in-service accreditation, engineering, integration, life cycle support, production and sustainment services for U.S. Navy shore networks. The military branch picked Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Engility (NYSE: EGL), King Technologies and Science Applic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) a $49.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the supply of binocular night-vision devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company will provide BNVD goggles with white phosphor tubes that will work to boost visual acuity o...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $125.2 million contract modification for engineering and technical support work on commercial off-the-shelf sonar equipment for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Monday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will continue to develop and produce Acoustic-Rapid COTS Inser...
J.F. Taylor has won a potential $75.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the integrated combat environment and battlespace modeling and simulation units of the the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The military branch received two offers for the small business set-aside contract thro...
BAE Systems‘ ship repair business in San Diego, California, has received a potential $192.7 million contract to provide post-delivery execution yard services for the first two guided missile destroyers of the U.S. Navy‘s Zumwalt class. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $177.9 million contract modification to fund the production of Evolved Seasparrow Missiles Block 1 for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Raytheon’s missile systems business will provide 186 all up rounds, inert operation missiles, spare components and shipping c...
