Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has secured a $525 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Block 2 and spares. RTX said Monday the ESSM Block 2 missiles’ enhanced maneuverability and performance will help boost the flexibility and capability of the U.S. and allied nations’ navies. The weapon sy...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit presents an exciting opportunity to gain exclusive knowledge about one of the service branch’s top priorities: 5G. During this event, you will have the chance to hear from a variety of keynote speakers and panelists from across the Navy and industry. One panel session, titled “5G in Navy Mission...
Amentum will support the U.S. Navy by providing research and development, systems engineering, testing, analysis and technology maturation and insertion support to help assess and improve microelectronics laboratories and facilities under a potential five-year, $245 million task order. The company said Monday the task order awarded by the U.S. Air F...
In May 2022, the U.S. Navy solidified its focus on unmanned systems with the establishment of the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One, a unit dedicated to unmanned surface vessels experimentation and fleet advocacy for the surface force. Since then, the service branch has continued to invest heavily in USV research, development and deployment eff...
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division will help the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity develop live, virtual and constructive training software under a potential five-year, $134 million task order. The award covers software engineering, development, integration and test support for the service branchR...
The U.S. Navy awarded $14.6 billion in two multiyear contracts with General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works business and HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division for the construction of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. General Dynamics will build three DDG 51 ships while HII will construct seven destroyers under the...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has secured a potential $2.7 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and deliver 35 more CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The contract includes the development of 12 units of Lot 7 CH-53Ks and 15 Lot 8 aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps and eight helicopters for Israel’...
The U.S. Navy has exercised an option under a five-year shipbuilding deal with HII (NYSE: HII) to procure an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in fiscal year 2023. HII will provide DDG 51 construction, engineering change proposals, design budgeting and post-delivery services to the service branch, the Department of Defense said Friday. Th...
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...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks is a top voice in cybersecurity and government technology usage at large. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University focusing on risk management, homeland security technologies and, of course, cybersecurity and has won a number of distinctions over the years. Brooks recently interviewed Kelley Kiernan, t...
