The U.S. Navy has awarded General Atomics a $1.19 billion modification to a contract centered on the aircraft launching platform of CVN 81, the future carrier USS Doris Miller. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee amendment includes additional scope to produce, assemble, test and manage the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, and make neces...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $200 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead items and related services needed to maintain the timeline for F/A-18E/F full-rate production efforts. Naval Air Systems Command will use the branch’s fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds to cover the full obligated amount, according to ...
Aircraft Readiness Alliance II has won a $408.2 million small business set-aside contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southwest maintain various aviation platforms and systems. The company will conduct modernization, conversion, disassembly and in-service repair efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contr...
The great power competition has been steadily intensifying over the past couple of decades and now, U.S. defense leaders are preparing for a potential future fight with its peer competitors in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. Navy will play a critical role in deterring adversaries and overcoming the tyranny of distance in this key geographical...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a $146.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to update the Coyote unmanned aircraft system with intelligence, surveillance and renaissance and precision strike technologies. The company will finalize the Coyote Block 3 configuration and conduct flight tests in support of developmental testing and operati...
BAE Systems and four other companies will compete for waterborne surface shaft repair projects under a U.S. Navy contract worth $162 million over five years. The service branch officially awarded six positions on the multiple-award contract vehicle to include BAE’s ship repair businesses in Virginia and California, according to a Department of...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary will build an additional fleet replenishment oiler for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis class under a $736.2 million contract option, the Department of Defense said Monday. The service branch exercised the option to procure T-AO 213 design and construction services, as part of a $1.62 million awar...
Fincantieri’s U.S. arm has secured a potential $526 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to construct the fourth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate FFG 65. Fincantieri Marinette Marine will also provide crew training and post-delivery availability support under the contract, the company said Friday. In April 2020, the Navy awar...
Austal USA will lead an industry team to design and build a maximum of seven ocean surveillance vessels for the U.S. Navy under a potential $3.2 billion contract. Naval Sea Systems Command received two bids for the T-AGOS detail design and construction project and the service branch will obligate $113.9 million at the time of...
A partnership between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary booked a three-year, $482.3 million contract modification to manufacture additional CMV-22B Osprey aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The fixed-price-incentive award expands the scope of Bell Boeing Joint Project Office’s existing contract to supply four more unit...
