Tag Archives: 2019 Wash100

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Department of Defense have finalized a $34B contract for the company to produce and deliver 478 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for lots 12 through 14 in support of U.S. service branches, allies and foreign military sales clients.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) saw its year-to-date backlog rise 22 percent to $65B in the third quarter of 2019 and posted $8.5B in Q3 sales, reflecting a 5 percent increase from the same period last year.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business recorded $7B in sales during the second quarter of 2019, reflecting a 2 percent increase from the prior-year period.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has won the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract from the Department of Defense.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Vista Equity Partners are in discussions over the value of Forcepoint, a joint cybersecurity venture the companies formed in 2015, Inside Defense reported Thursday.

A report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) expects a potential $35B block buy contract to be awarded in the fourth quarter of 2019 for lots 12 through 14 of the F-35 fighter jet.

Two presidents have been appointed to lead the Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) businesses that will be consolidated once the Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) complete their merger.

Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 awardee Mark Esper has recused himself from a review of the Pentagon’s potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to avoid any issue of a conflict of interest.

AECOM has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its management services business to affiliates of American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg for $2.4 billion, the company announced on Monday. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors and is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory …

Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services and a 2019 Wash100 winner, told Global Defence Technology in an interview that he sees internet and cyber threat as one of the top national security concerns facing companies and countries.